Insert a player that is not getting enough appreciation. He may carry a 4.41 ERA<\/a> as of this writing (April 29, 2026), but he\u2019s pitched at least 6.0 innings in all but one start in 2026<\/a>. <\/p>\n Workhorse Mentality<\/p>\n On Wednesday, Taillon hurled a gem in the Cubs\u2019 series clinching victory in San Diego. The big righty went 7.0 innings<\/a>, allowing just three runs, three hits, and one walk while fanning six batters. The long ball is still biting Taillon a bit, but those were his two biggest mistakes on Wednesday. <\/p>\n Taillon is giving the Cubs the top thing they need\u2026 INNINGS. With Steele and Cade Horton<\/a> missing from the rotation, the Cubs will need a ton of innings from their current staff. Edward Cabrera<\/a> and Shota Imanaga<\/a> are doing their part, and so is Taillon. Those three are the only players on the roster to throw at least 28.0 innings<\/a> so far this season. <\/p>\n Sure, Taillon\u2019s been hit hard at times so far this season. The six earned runs against the Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> and four earned runs against the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> certainly aren\u2019t ideal. However, compounding quality starts on top of each other will be key for Taillon over the course of the season. But, if he continues to be a horse, throwing 6.0-plus innings every start, then the Cubs will be just fine. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jameson Taillon pitched a gem on Wednesday against San Diego, and he\u2019s giving the Chicago Cubs exactly what…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[24229,99744,202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-251882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-jameson-taillon","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Apr](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-04-29T205927Z_260781450_MT1USATODAY28840314_RTRMADP_3_MLB-CHICAGO-CUBS-AT-SAN-DIEGO-PADRES-1200.jpeg\")
Apr 29, 2026; San Diego, California, USA; Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jameson Taillon (50) delivers during the first inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. Mandatory Credit: Denis Poroy-Imagn Images<\/p>\n