Jameson Taillon’s Reaction to Trolls Has Us Thinking About a Burner Account
You’ve probably seen it by now, but in case you haven’t Chicago Cubs pitcher Jameson Taillon was facing Alex Bregman during a live batting practice session last week and Bregman crushed a homer off the veteran righty. You know, something that happens all the time in spring training, but holy shit were some Cubs fans ruthless against Taillon.
Is Taillon the most dominant pitcher in the world? No. I’m not going to sit here and claim he’s the most important starter in the rotation, but you would think he’s pitched like Edwin Jackson since signing with the Cubs by the way a large portion of the fan base blasts him online. So, he gives up the batting practice home run to Bregman during the opening week of spring training and fans come out in droves to troll Taillon.
Two things stand out. I don’t care about the home run itself. Sweet swing, cool. Excited for Bregman with the Cubs, but how did the fan reaction get on Taillon’s radar? One, it was overwhelming as several responses basically called Taillon being in midseason form. Yet, it’s not like Marquee or any other major account that shared the Bregman highlight tagged Taillon in their posts.
Taillon isn’t a serial tweeter, but he’ll mix it up a bit during the offseason, so he’s no stranger to interacting with fans on social media. That means he logged on to Twitter last week and either his algorithm fed him all the negative comments or he searched his name and saw the reaction that led to a couple posts from the Cubs pitcher.
Let me begin by saying that Taillon has been incredibly consistent throughout his first three seasons with the Cubs. His first year was rough at times and he’s dealt with a few injuries, but you know what you’re getting when Taillon takes the ball more often than not. He’s made 80 starts with the Cubs and has 39 quality starts in three years and in the past two seasons Taillon has 30 quality starts in 51 chances.
In 2025, Taillon returned from the injured list in August and he finished the season with a 1.57 ERA in six starts. Then, he followed that up by only allowing two earned runs in two playoff starts. Hindsight being 20/20, you could argue Taillon should have been the Game 1 starter in the postseason for the Cubs, which could have changed the NLDS if he was able to pitch the first game instead of Game 3.
So yeah, Taillon gets way too much hate from Cubs fans, especially when you consider that he has in fact been good since signing with the team. But notice how he didn’t actually log off for long after clapping back at the trolls because he tweeted again three hours later, albeit a positive message for the supporters.
And I know he can’t resist being on Twitter because he replied to someone on Tuesday.
That has me thinking, just like Kevin Durant has been exposed for having at least one burner account and possibly another one, I would not be surprised whatsoever if we eventually found out that Taillon was letting loose on a burner.
Right now that clap back to the trolls was Taillon being Canadian nice, but I can definitely see him getting jittery after too an extra cup of coffee and going to his burner and letting it fly after a tough start.
On the latest Pinwheels And Ivy, we talked about other Cubs players who could have burners and there’s one former White Sox player who also seems like an obvious answer.
I’m just saying, Jamo might be lurking in your mentions.