5 best single season performances by Chicago Cubs relievers in last decade

4. Travis Wood 2016

Wood arguably had the best full season out of any Cubs reliever in 2016. Although he had an incredible year as a starter in 2013, Wood was converted into a reliever after the additions of Jon Lester and John Lackey, and he took the assignment and ran with it. A 2.95 ERA in 61 innings of work is not too shabby, especially for a lefty coming out of the pen. His reliability got him the call in plenty of tough situations, including in the postseason. Most notably was after Kyle Hendricks took a comebacker off his forearm against the Giants in game 2 of the NLDS, and Wood came in to not only pitch shutout ball but crank a solo homer to put the Cubs up 5-2.