Jed Hoyer, Cubs have unearthed gems in their bullpen

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00:00Caleb Thielbar, Drew Pomerantz, Brad Keller, and Chris Flexen.

00:04This season, that four combination, Pomerantz, Thielbar, Keller, Flexen.

00:09122 ERA.

00:1188 and two-thirds innings pitched.

00:14Opponent 461 OPS.

00:18Zero home runs.

00:21Dang.

00:21I feel like you just jinxed it on the home run stat just because it's a zero.

00:24That one's coming off the books in the next week or so.

00:26Oh, I wasn't the only one who pointed that stat out.

00:28Oh, no, no.

00:29I agree with that.

00:30The thing that's interesting about those four guys is those are guys you made decisions on.

00:36You said, let's go find people who can help our bullpen outside of our organization this offseason

00:41after having a horrible year last year as far as relief was concerned.

00:46And all four of those guys who, for lack of a better term, came off the scrap heap.

00:52If you go down the stats hole for each of those guys last season, let's start with Caleb Thielbar.

00:57ERA last year.

00:585.32.

01:00Yeah, how's that?

01:01ERA this year?

01:021.85.

01:04That's very different.

01:05So you get this feeling that everything is coming up.

01:09Craig Council and everything is coming up.

01:11Jed Hoyer.

01:12Not only in going and getting these guys, but also in the usage of them as they've been key

01:17and why the Cubs are having such a great season, why they are in first place.

01:21Why they are in first place.