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Cabrera

Cabrera drew a visit from Chicago’s training staff, and immediately left the contest, after throwing just one pitch at the outset of the fourth inning. The 28-year-old was charged with four runs (one earned) with two strikeouts and two walks over three innings of work. There should be an update on his status after the contest. He’s tentatively scheduled to start against the Pirates on Tuesday, but that’s obviously in jeopardy now.

After retiring the White Sox in order in the first inning, Cabrera would be touched up for a 403-foot solo homer by Colson Montgomery in the second inning to tie the game at 1-1. He would bounce back to allow only one base runner over the next two innings, but in the fifth inning, Cabrera would walk the first two batters he faced, with both eventually coming around to score to cut the Cubs’ lead to 4-3. Cabrera would not escape the inning, as he was pulled following a two-out walk to Sam Antonacci to give him his shortest outing of the season. Cabrera has now allowed three earned runs or more in each of his last seven starts, and has slowly seen his ERA balloon to 4.06 after finishing April with a 3.06 ERA.

This line is a weird one. Cabrera allowed five runs on seven hits, two of which were home runs. That’s all very much earned. However, he also struck out six and walked just one. He also had 13 whiffs, a 15 percent swinging strike rate, a 30 percent CSW, and threw 66 percent of his pitches for strikes. So, Cabrera threw tons of strikes, missed plenty of bats, put away hitters when he got into two-strike counts, but also seemed to give up hard contact whenever he did give up contact. One other thing to note here is that Cabrera’s sinker was 97 mph in the first inning and then down to 94.3 mph by the fifth inning. That’s a bit of a larger drop-off than we’re used to seeing. We’d still start him next week against the White Sox.

Cabrera gave up nine hits, walked two and struck out eight. He remains 3-0 on the season with the no-decision. The 28-year-old right-hander finished strong by striking out Ke’Bryan Hayes to end the sixth inning. He has a 3.27 ERA on the year. Cabrera is lined up to face the Rangers on the road this weekend.

Cabrera struck out two in a clean first inning, then surrendered a solo homer to Xander Bogaerts to lead off the second. The Padres added another run in the fourth on a walk and a base hit. Cabrera recorded the first two outs in the sixth, then allowed a third run to score on a hit batter and two singles. That would end his day at 99 pitches, 66 for strikes. He generated an impressive 20 whiffs to strike out seven. The 28-year-old right-hander will take a 3.06 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, and a 29/12 K/BB ratio across 35 1/3 innings into a start against the Reds in Chicago on Monday.

Staked to a 7-2 lead, Cabrera pitched the seventh and allowed a homer, a single, and a double before Justin Crwaford reached on an error by Alex Bregman. Cabrera’s fantasy managers are fortunate that it went down like that, as it ultimately saved Cabrera from two earned runs on the ledger. The Phillies appeared to be sitting on Cabrera’s changeup as he allowed four hard-hit balls against it and decreased its usage sharply compared to his normal rates. Cabrera compensated by getting a 50 percent CSW with his curveball. Cabrera should be fired up with confidence against the Padres next week.

Cabrera labored early in the game, and allowed eight hits, but avoided the gopher ball with the wind blowing out at Wrigley and came away with a win. The Mets were all over Cabrera’s fastball, but generated six whiffs on 21 swings against his changeup. His ERA skyrockets to 2.38. Cabrera should continue to be fired up with confidence against the Phillies next week.

He left down two runs, but the Cubs let him off the hook in the ninth. Cabrera walked three and struck out four in a rather unimpressive outing. His fastball averaged 95.0 mph today, down from 96.0 mph in his first two starts and 97.0 in 2025. Last year’s big step forward for Cabrera was the product of a 3.1 K:BB. He has 13 strikeouts and nine walks in 16 2/3 innings this year, putting him at 1.4 K;BB. He’ll face the Mets next week.

Cabrera did issue five walks on the afternoon while striking out four opposing hitters. The lone hit was a very catchable leadoff double to CJ Kayfus in the sixth inning that Michael Conforto got a bad read on in right field. Unfortunately for Cabrera and fantasy managers, the Cubs were unable to scratch out a single run of support for him. He got 10 whiffs on 97 pitches on the day, registering a CSW of 23 percent. He has been brilliant through his first two starts with the Cubs, hurling 11 2/3 shutout innings with a 0.69 WHIP and a 9/6 K/BB ratio. He’ll look to keep the good times rolling when he takes on the Pirates at home on Saturday.

Cabrera was staked to a six-run advantage by the fourth inning of his Cubs debut and had little trouble cruising to an easy win, scattering one hit and one walk over six relatively stress-free frames. Chicago’s big-time offseason trade acquisition generated 15 swinging strikes, topped out at 98.1 mph with his fastball and allowed just two hard-hit balls in this one. He’ll close out a two-start week with a favorable road tilt against the Guardians.