In the season’s final month-plus, the Chicago Cubs attempted to hold off the surging Milwaukee Brewers without one half of their talented middle infield combination. Just over a year after domestic abuse allegations surfaced against Addison Russell, they once again came to light, eventually resulting in a 40-game suspension.
Of course, Russell did not serve the entirety of said suspension in 2018. He’ll open the 2019 regular season suspended and the Cubs will have to mix and match to fill that void (at least as the roster currently stands).
Since a breakout 2016 campaign, the former third overall pick hasn’t been the same guy.