Re: Wilson Contreras
Posted: 29 Aug 2025 05:34 am
It's Willson (bleep)TheSolution wrote: ↑27 Aug 2025 23:42 pm Inputs:
>cubs didn’t want him
>cubs manager was an mlb catcher and didn’t see WC as a catcher moving forward
>cubs insider reports of breaking iPads and damaging clubhouse regularly
>little to no interest on the free agent market
>never hit 25 HR’s
>likely was not going to stick at the position signed to play, catcher
>doesn’t have the power/bat to justify as free agent signing for DH
>division rival got the younger, better, far cheaper brother who can actually play the position of catcher while providing a better bat.
>he’s been a .240s-.250s hitter through his prime
There’s a universal code, when one division rival wants nothing to do with a player and the other division rival got the younger, better, cheaper version of what you got, it’s a set up for sure failure.
To say WC is the least of the problems because you’ll take his numbers and he’s not the reason this is bad. It’s the pitching. It’s Walker not developing. It’s Noot. It’s whatever else. Yeah, that’s all true and this isn’t about singling out a single reason this has all gone so bad. It’s a very thin level of critical analysis to ignore how devastatingly dumb it was to sign this guy.
I hope for the strong majority of people in Cardinal Nation who applauded this signing and even stuck by it through the transition from catcher to first, stating he would improve his bat without catching duties (didn’t happen), can now be honest about what a mess this is.
A very similar mess to Dexter Fowler, who also wasn’t wanted by the cubs or really anyone else in mlb, much like WC, with a very similar support structure.
