2019 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 12

Not to troll a poster of Bleed Cubbie Blue, but yesterday there was a bit of a discussion about the Jose Quintana trade back in 2017 and how it has been a disappointment. The Cubs traded blue chip prospects Eloy Jimenez and Dylan Cease. I never cry over spilled milk if the process was right even if the results end up wrong. I didn’t love the acquisition, but at the time, acquiring young, quality, cost-controlled pitching was all the rage. Quintana was a serious part of that 2017 team’s second half run to a division title.

Alas, Q has only had fleeting moments of domination between stretches of largely underwhelming. But there was irony the day we had that discussion because Q was lights out…