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Cubs 9, Rangers 5: Willson Contreras homers, throws out a runner, is awesome

Willson Contreras had somewhat of a down year in 2018. His slugging percentage was down over 100 points from his 2017 season, which at the time looked like it might be a breakout year.

Contreras, who turns 27 in May, looks like he wants to make up for lost time. He hit his second home run of the spring — a ball that cleared the left-field berm at Surprise, a very, very long blast:

In the first inning, he threw out Delino DeShields trying to steal:

That’s the Contreras we knew and grew to love in 2016 and 2017.