2020 Team

[VanSlawAndCottoCheese]

Failing to mention the recent history of Scooter vs Nick. In 2019, one player had a -0.7 WAR, the other a 2.7 WAR (Baseball Reference) Can you guess which WAR represents the player that the Cubs seem to be getting ready to sign?

 

Absolutely--the guy far more likely to be worth his contract.

 

There's a reason they call it recency bias; going into last year, Gennett looked like a far better player than Castellanos.

 

I do indeed believe Castellanos is better than Gennett, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if he disappoints on that contract and am pretty certain that fans calling for them to sign him based on his time with the club last year are deluding themselves.