CHICAGO -- With the trade deadline fast approaching, longtime catcher Willson Contreras was on the receiving end of several standing ovations Tuesday at Wrigley Field in what might have been his final home game in a Chicago Cubs uniform.
Contreras, 30, has been in the organization since he was 16 and is set to become a free agent at year's end. He, along with outfielder Ian Happ, 27, are both on the trade block as the Cubs continue a two-year overhaul of their roster.
"If I have to walk away from this team, I'm going to walk away with my head up high," Contreras said after the Cubs' 4-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.