Willson Contreras, to the shock of many, continues to be a Chicago Cub after the MLB Commerce Deadline got here and went earlier this week.
This apparently even got here as a stunner to the Cubs’ official crew retailer at Wrigley Discipline, as Chicago Tribune columnist Paul Sullivan identified that the star catcher’s jersey had been taken off the cabinets.
Even Nick Madrigal, who's batting .222 with no dwelling runs and two RBIs in his first season with the Cubs, has a jersey up on a hanger within the store.
Within the lead-up to the deadline, there have been all kinds of rumors and innuendo that Contreras’ time with the crew was dwindling. The Mets have been mentioned to be closely eager about procuring his companies.
The writing had been on the wall after the Cubs uncared for to make Contreras, a free agent after the season, a long-term supply to retain him.
Contreras himself even gave what appeared to be an emotional goodbye to the Wrigley trustworthy in what he will need to have thought can be his closing dwelling recreation.
Nonetheless, Contreras, one of many closing remaining core gamers from the Cubs’ magical 2016 World Sequence run, stays a member of the crew.
Whether or not or not contract talks might reignite given that he's nonetheless beneath membership management stays to be seen, however Cubs followers not less than have a pair extra months to look at him play for his or her crew.
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