Jameson Taillon hadn't exactly been sharp in his two Cactus League starts prior to leaving to join Team Canada for the World Baseball Classic. In six innings pitched, he allowed a staggering 13 earned runs on 13 hits - including six home runs.
But then he looked solid enough in the WBC and we all sort of breathed a sigh of relief. After all, we've seen plenty of guys who were rocky in the spring and went on to have perfectly fine regular seasons. His first start back with the Cubs on Sunday quickly reinvigorated those fears, though, when the Los Angeles Dodgers torched him for 10 earned runs on eight hits in just 3 1/3 innings of work.