MINNEAPOLIS — As the fastball left Hayden Wesneski’s hand, he knew what would happen next. He had yanked the pitch down and over the plate, right into the zone where Joey Gallo has his highest wOBA, a red spot on his heat map.
“It’s one of those things where I’d rather have thrown it way above, where [catcher Tucker Barnhart] had to jump and catch it, rather than missing down there,” Wesneski said after the Cubs’ 11-1 loss Saturday to the Twins. “And that’s something that you need to keep in mind moving forward.”
