Remember When Everyone Mocked the Cubs for Signing Drew Pomeranz? Look Who’s Laughing Now.

Remember When Everyone Mocked the Cubs for Signing Drew Pomeranz? Look Who’s Laughing Now.

Remember when the haters came crawling out of their holes to clown the Cubs for signing Drew Pomeranz? The jokes were flying, the skepticism was thick, and the general consensus was that the move was a nostalgic swing with no real upside.

Well, 13.2 innings into the 2025 season, Pomeranz has a message for them—zero runs allowed.

That’s right. Zero. Zilch. Nada.
At 36 years old, in his first MLB action in four years, Pomeranz has turned back the clock and is dealing like it’s 2017 again.

While others were quick to dismiss him as washed, a relic of a different era, the Cubs saw something more: a veteran lefty with the fire still burning and something to prove. And boy, has he proved it. With his command sharp and his breaking stuff biting again, he’s been nothing short of a bullpen weapon in a Cubs team that’s defying expectations.

Is this a comeback story? Absolutely. But it’s also a reminder that in baseball, you don’t write the ending until the last pitch is thrown.

So to all those who doubted the signing… how do you like Drew now?