Cubs right-hander Adrian Sampson was forced from his final start by groin tightness but finished his best big-league season with a 3.11 ERA for one of the hottest rotations in MLB.
“I have to be pretty careful with my words right here,” he added. “I hope he looks at what I’ve done the last couple months.Obviously, answers like that don’t help his cause.Sampson — who in the past 17 months has been signed by the Cubs, waived, re-signed by the Cubs, waived again and re-signed again by the Cubs — was one of the best starters this season for a team that turned in one of the top-three rotation performances in the majors after the All-Star break.
Only the rotations belonging to the 111-win Dodgers and 106-win Astros were better than the Cubs since the break, with Sampson producing a 2.99 ERA over 14 starts in that span. “I thought I left everything out on the field, and every time I’m out there I want the ball,” said Sampson, who earned the increasing trust of manager David Ross and pitched himself into the mix for a 2023 pitching staff the Cubs expect to bolster with significant offseason moves.
“I want to stay out there nine innings. I want to keep our guys in the game and have fun while I’m doing it,” he said. “It’s a lot of fun watching these guys play and how we finished up, and it was really exciting for the team today.”So where does he land in the final real-time, in-season 2023 Rotation Power Rankings before NBC Sports Chicago shifts the rankings to an offseason evaluation process.1.
— Stroman won his final three home starts after going 0-5 with a 7.11 ERA in his first nine career Wrigley starts . His final stat line for the first year of the first year of his three-year, $71 million free agent deal: 6-7, 3.50 ERA, 25 starts, 138 2/3 innings). “I can’t wait for next year,” he said. — Wesneski debuted Sept. 6 with five scoreless innings of relief against the Reds. In six games overall down the stretch he finished with a 3-2 record and 2.
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