Chicago Cubs Fans Brutally Ripping Into Starting Pitcher Hayden Wesneski

The Chicago Cubs' fan base has not held back on Hayden Wesneski after his brutal start against the Cardinals.

May 13, 2024; Cumberland, Georgia, USA; Chicago Cubs pitcher Hayden Wesneski (19) pitches against the Atlanta Braves during the sixth inning at Truist Park. / John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports

The Chicago Cubs entered Saturday's early matchup with the St. Louis Cardinals looking to continue their recent winning streak. Unfortunately, right off the bat, they were met with a shower of runs from their NL Central rivals.

Hayden Wesneski got the starting nod on the mound from the Cubs and it was clear right off the bat that he was not going to have a good day.

In his first three innings of work, Wesneski gave up 10 runs, three earned runs, nine hits, and a home run. After three innings, Chicago was down by a score of 10-1.

Amid the brutal start, the Cubs' fan base did not hold back from brutally ripping into Wesneski.

Here are just a few of the comments that were made on social media.

Wesneski is AWFUL. He is not meant to pitch in Major League Baseball. His stuff isn’t that great and the dude can’t get out of his head, he never will.

— CubsMuse (@CubsMuse) July 13, 2024

I can’t even lie this is kinda funny, how can someone be so bad??? DFA Wesneski mid inning I don’t care anymore 😂😂😂

— Jacob Zanolla (@jacobzanolla) July 13, 2024

Wesneski allowed nine runs in the first inning, but only two are earned because of two errors… that he, himself, committed. A rule that needs to change — pitcher makes an error that leads to a run, that run needs to be considered earned.

— Ryan M. Spaeder (@theaceofspaeder) July 13, 2024

Get Hayden Wesneski off my team and out of my city pic.twitter.com/TNCyVM9qwk

— Caleb Williams Fan Club (@The_Burns29) July 13, 2024

Coming into today's game, Wesneski had been decent. He had played in 23 games with six of those appearances being starts. Wesneski had compiled a 3-5 record to go along with a 3.67 ERA and a 1.10 WHIP.

Obviously, those numbers are going to take a major hit after today's game.

Thankfully, Chicago will have a chance to get redemption. They still could pull off a shocking comeback from a 10-1 deficit, but they will play St. Louis in the second half of the double-header this evening.

Fans can only hope that the team will come out much better in the second game than the first. Javier Assad is set to make the start in the second game of the day.