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You probably haven’t heard, but the Cubs don’t have Willson Contreras around to play catcher anymore.
Yeah, it’s a real bummer.
Splitting time behind the dish will be veterans Tucker Barnhart and Yan Gomes, which is about as exciting as a pair of 10-year-old cleats. Are they good on defense? Sure, they are. Are they good with pitchers? That’s what everyone says. But Contreras was a star and, as was clear throughout his long goodbye last season, the team’s most popular player.