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Willson Contreras: It’s All in the Pop, Part 2

by Bill Thompson November 12, 2018

Very early into the 2018 season, I dug into an aspect of Willson Contreras’ defensive game that fans and pundits alike have viewed as a strength for him even as he’s struggled offensively: his ability to throw runners out. I specifically focused on this because Contreras tends to get a bad rap defensively, namely because […]

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Willson Contreras: It’s All in the Pop

by Bill Thompson May 1, 2018

If there’s one thing Chicago Cubs fans have been united in since the middle of the 2016 season, it is that they have one of the best young catchers in all of Major League Baseball. Entering the 2018 season that united front had shifted somewhat simply by removing the word young. Willson Contreras is still […]

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