Justin Grimm Is The Most Sensitive Cubs Player On Twitter

It turns out that Chicago Cubs pitcher Justin Grimm searches his name on Twitter to seek out his bashers and it's kind of sad. Now, I have said previously that if you tweet directly at an athlete then you deserve the embarrassment that comes back your way like what Kyle Long did to some poor woman last year. However, what Grimm does on social media is really only embarrassing to himself. Apparently this has been known throughout the Cubs fans community on Twitter, but I didn't notice the behavior until yesterday when Grimm allowed a home run against the Oakland A's. Grimm is currently penciled in as the eighth and final reliever in the Cubs bullpen and he's coming off the worst season of his career. He lost his arbitration case, so maybe he's feeling the pressure of being on the roster bubble. Giving up home runs was Grimm's biggest problem in 2017, allowing 12 of them in 55.1 innings. So, after Matt Olson hit a homer off Grimm in the fourth inning, Aaron Kennelly, who writes about the Cubs on northsidebaseball.com, broke down the issues with Grimm. It was pretty informative and wasn't bashing Grimm at any point.

That's all he said. Simply looking at some numbers and trying to provide some analysis without any name calling. Also, note that Kennelly never included Grimm's Twitter handle, so the only way Grimm was able to see any of those tweet would be if he searched his name on Twitter, which he obviously does all the time. So, Grimm responds and it's nothing at first until he throws a soft jab.

And then here comes the sensitive part. Even after the exchange that had no malice involved, Grimm just had to block Kennelly.

That's when I became aware of the fact that this happens all the time with Grimm. Again, this dude is going on his phone and searching his name on Twitter.

Everything was fine and dandy after the Cubs won the World Series in 2016, but once Grimm started to struggle in 2017, it appears as though he started to have a thinner skin. Actually, it looks like it started in spring training last year.

But Grimm had enough of Twitter in July and wasn't active until this January. And then again, he couldn't help but go out and see what fans were saying about him.

So, if you have ever made a comment about Justin Grimm on social media, know that he has definitely read it and if it was remotely critical of him you're probably blocked. Grimm, 29, is out of minor-league options with the Cubs and if he keeps looking bad he's going to have a lot more time to search Twitter.