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Crystal Ball: Kyle Hendricks, RHP, Chicago Cubs

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By reader request, here is a Crystal Ball for Kyle Hendricks of the Chicago Cubs.

The Crystal Ball is NOT a PREDICTION in the sense of me saying "this is how the guy will turn out." The idea is to generate discussion about a player by presenting one possible outcome for his career, based on what we currently know about him.

It is not just thrown together; I try to make them logical, based on the outcomes of players who were similar at the same stage of their career. Sometimes a CB represents a maximal outcome, sometimes it is more of a middle ground.

What do you think of this one? Look for the trades and injuries.

Kyle Hendricks
Year Team G GS IP H R ER W L ERA K BB SV Age K/9 BB/9 H/9
2014 Cubs 13 13 80.333 72 24 22 7 2 2.46 47 15 0 24 5.27 1.68 8.07
2015 Cubs 32 32 180 166 82 79 8 7 3.95 167 43 0 25 8.35 2.15 8.3
2016 Cubs 31 30 190 142 53 45 16 8 2.13 170 44 0 26 8.05 2.08 6.73
2017 Cubs 32 32 205 198 80 75 14 12 3.29 179 52 0 27 7.86 2.28 8.69
2018 Cubs 33 33 208 193 72 69 17 10 2.99 183 51 0 28 7.92 2.21 8.35
2019 Cubs 31 31 184 190 102 97 8 12 4.74 162 41 0 29 7.92 2.01 9.29
2020 Cubs 27 27 170 164 88 81 12 11 4.29 147 39 0 30 7.78 2.06 8.68
2021 Angels 31 31 188 172 68 65 15 11 3.11 155 39 0 31 7.42 1.87 8.23
2022 Angels 32 32 206 199 97 90 11 13 3.93 146 41 0 32 6.38 1.79 8.69
2023 Angels 20 20 129 141 88 81 6 10 5.65 87 32 0 33 6.07 2.23 9.84
2024 Angels 15 0 21 18 11 10 1 0 4.29 15 3 0 34 6.43 1.29 7.71
2025 Cardinals 34 11 125 112 56 52 5 4 3.74 71 21 3 35 5.11 1.51 8.06
2026 Cardinals 8 0 11 15 12 10 0 0 8.18 4 5 0 36 3.27 4.09 12.3
339 292 1897.3 1782 833 776 120 100 3.68 1533 426 3 390 7.27 2.02 8.45