{"id":57821,"date":"2025-05-27T06:10:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T06:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=57821"},"modified":"2025-05-27T06:10:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T06:10:16","slug":"veterans-nasty-message-puts-cubs-pitcher-in-his-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=57821","title":{"rendered":"Veteran&#8217;s &#8216;Nasty&#8217; Message Puts Cubs Pitcher in His Place"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Daniel-Palencia.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Daniel-Palencia.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Daniel-Palencia.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Daniel-Palencia.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Veteran's 'Nasty' Message Puts Cubs Pitcher in His Place\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Cubs closer Daniel Palencia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sometimes the simplest advice can be the most effective.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In his first two MLB seasons, relief pitcher <\/span>Daniel Palencia <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> totaled 43 innings pitched with the <\/span>Chicago Cubs <span data-contrast=\"auto\">, and he certainly had some impressive moments. Boasting a fastball that <\/span>often reaches triple digits <span data-contrast=\"auto\">, along with an assortment of off-speed and breaking pitches, Palencia could make things difficult for opposing batters.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But Palencia could also make things difficult for himself, with 26 walks over that stretch, leading to a less-than-impressive WHIP of 1.44, and frequent trips from Triple-A Iowa to Chicago and back again.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">So earlier this season, veteran reliever Ryan Pressly had a rather direct message for the 25-year-old right-hander.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c\u2018You\u2019re too nasty, so just keep your (expletive) in the zone, and that\u2019s it,\u2019\u201d Pressly said, <\/span>as relayed by Palencia to Marquee Sports Network <span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Daniel Palencia Heeds Ryan Pressly\u2019s Advice, Stays \u2018In the Zone\u2019<\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Palencia has taken those words to heart. Since he was called up from Iowa on April 15, Palencia has pitched 18.2 innings, striking out 19 while giving up just nine hits and seven walks, for a WHIP of 0.86.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI\u2019m really digging how Palencia looks overall this year,\u201d said Brett Taylor <\/span>in the May 22 episode <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of the \u201cBleacher Nation\u201d podcast. \u201cThere\u2019s just a lot more steadiness to his performance that I particularly like, because he\u2019s a guy who got a couple years\u2019 worth of up-down, up-down looks and sort of is getting his feet under him, and this what you would really want the trajectory to look like for a young relief prospect.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The improvements could not have come at a better time for a Cubs team dealing with bullpen issues that were threatening to become a full-blown mess.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ryan Pressly <span data-contrast=\"auto\">, acquired during the offseason with the hopes of becoming the team\u2019s closer, was recently <\/span>removed from the ninth-inning role <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and put into low-leverage situations to work on generating more swing-and-miss moments. <\/span>Porter Hodge <span data-contrast=\"auto\">, who earned nine saves while posting a 1.88 ERA in 39 appearances as a rookie in 2024, was initially given the closing duties, but he was placed on the 15-day injured list on May 18 with a left oblique injury, and Cubs manager Craig Counsell <\/span>said on Monday <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> that Hodge is \u201cnot making progress\u201d and will likely be out for a longer stretch.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Daniel Palencia \u2018Looks Crazy Good\u2019 in Closer\u2019s Role for Chicago<\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Enter Palencia, who has taken to the role pretty quickly, although his first save attempt went awry. Brought into the ninth inning of the May 19 game to protect a one-run lead against Miami, Palencia was one strike away from the save, but then gave up a ground-rule double, a walk and a triple as the Marlins earned an 8-7 walk-off win.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But two nights later, Palencia was again sent to the mound in the ninth inning at Miami with Chicago up by a run. This time, Palencia faced three batters and got three flyouts, as the Cubs held on to win 2-1.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIt feels great,\u201d <\/span>Palencia said <span data-contrast=\"auto\">. \u201cI want to say thank you to the manager to put that confidence in me again. Like I said, it\u2019s baseball. That\u2019s the beautiful thing about baseball. You\u2019ve got a new opportunity every day. I\u2019m happy to do the job today.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Palencia has appeared in two games since, earning the save in both, with just one hit allowed over the two innings and, more importantly, no walks while striking out three.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cHe looks crazy good,\u201d said Taylor\u2019s podcast co-host Michael Cerami.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dave Benson Dave Benson is a longtime writer with over three decades of experience in a variety of mediums, including 15 years covering high school, collegiate and minor league sports in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Dave is also a licensed English teacher and spent a few years teaching at the middle school level. More about Dave Benson<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on Cubs News<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advice from Ryan Pressly helps Daniel Palencia take advantage of his opportunity and find success as closer for the Chicago Cubs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":57822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Veteran&#039;s &#039;Nasty&#039; Message Puts Cubs Pitcher in His Place - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=57821\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Veteran&#039;s &#039;Nasty&#039; 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