Jason Heyward reportedly chooses Cubs over Angels/Cards

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Yikes, that seems a bit excessive.

Such an adorable fan base he's leaving behind lol

 

[Mondo Jay]

Yikes, that seems a bit excessive.

My favorite tweet so far: "Fuck @JasonHeyward, you piece of shit. You and @JohnLackey can go suck the goat's dick like the rest of Chicago for another century."

 

[Clayton]

Yikes, that seems a bit excessive.

The site is obviously for humor

 

[Clayton]

Such an adorable fan base he's leaving behind lol

If we get mad enough we might burn down a QT

 

[BobGnarly]

 

[fordman84]

Probably for more years then.

 

[White Rat]

Offensively, the Cubs don't gain a whole lot over Dexter Fowler. Defensively, JHey is a huge upgrade. I just don't see how he commanded that much money from either team. 8/$184MM from the Cubs or ?/$200+MM from the Cardinals.

 

[navamind]

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He's re-tweeting all the commentary and...wow lol

#BFIB

 

[navamind]

Offensively, the Cubs don't gain a whole lot over Dexter Fowler. Defensively, JHey is a huge upgrade. I just don't see how he commanded that much money from either team. 8/$184MM from the Cubs or ?/$200+MM from the Cardinals.

Age is a factor. He's only 26 years old, which is very young for a free agent.

 

[bksballer89]

Age is a factor. He's only 26 years old, which is very young for a free agent.

I guess. He seems like a mediocre batter though for quite a while now.

 

[Clayton]

I guess. He seems like a mediocre batter though for quite a while now.

Its going to go one of 2 directions.

Heyward was hitting sub .200 for the first 75-80 ABs last year and then probably hit something like .310 the rest of the season. So basically he has been a mediocre hitter right until his contract year.

 

[navamind]

I guess. He seems like a mediocre batter though for quite a while now.

He has a 114 OPS+ over the last four seasons. His bat is certainly above average, even if disappointing.