2022 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 102

Photo by Rick Ulreich/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesSo, the first instinct with this one is a little gallows humor. After trading essentially the back four relievers in the span of 48 hours, the Cubs solved the dilemma of who would handle the leverage outs by being nowhere remotely near a lead.

Seriously, though, Tuesday was a puzzling day. I absolutely thought Willson Contreras would be traded along with at least two or three of the relievers. I thought there was some chance some of the other players would go. My estimation is that Willson Contreras was being valued essentially as a DH who could catch in a pinch. The return for a righthanded player without a real position and without off…