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This surprised me. I had not seen it reported before.

...The Cubs’ bullpen led the NL in strikeout rate and ranked third in the Majors...

That's interesting.  We really did have a lot of K guys. 

I wonder how that will shift this year?  Could (should) be really good again, I'd think? 

Natural reversion to the mean will probably pull that back a little.  There will be personnel adjustments too, of course.  And also possible that some guys will adjust their approach too?  Might a Palencia be more effective if he threw more strikes, accepted more contact, but walked less and had some shorter innings?  Seeing how the bullpen shakes out will be really interesting.