It’s hard to come up with one central theme to sum up last year’s Chicago Cubs outfield. Kyle Schwarber broke out with a monstrous second half performance, Jason Heyward turned in the best offensive showing of his Cubs career when he wasn’t in the leadoff spot and center field was a complete and utter disaster for much of the season.
But with limited resources at his disposal, Theo Epstein is trotting out largely the same group in 2020. Schwarber will handle the majority of reps in left field, Albert Almora and Ian Happ are battling it out this spring for center field duties and Heyward, a five-time Gold Glover, is back in right.