Miles Mastrobuoni‘s Cubs career got off to what can politely be called a sluggish start, leading to any number of pejorative reconfigurations of his nickname. To be fair, the intentional mispronunciations had been there all along but were just tinged with a lot more venom.
Though he only played sporadically, his .169 average and 40 wRC+ had many fans asking why he was even still in the organization and taking up a roster spot when several prospects were pushing for big-league playing time. But lost in all the talk about the team’s performance and David Ross‘s decision-making is the fact that Mastrobuoni has been really freaking good for a while now.