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Tag: Jason Heyward

Jason Heyward: The Cubs won the battle but not the WAR

October 5, 2022 Sean Guest Baseball, Team Contributors

Seven years on, it’s easy to forget that the Chicago Cubs’ decision to sign Jason Heyward to an 8-year, $184 million deal in 2016 was met with media fanfare. Jesse Rogers of ESPN described the outfielder as “an all-around player

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A decade of baseball in 101 useless stats

January 13, 2020 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

On Sunday 4 April 2010, Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Josh Beckett induced weak contact from New York Yankees Derek Jeter in the first MLB play of the decade. Here are 100 more useless snippets of information for you. Unless

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Cubs' Jason Heyward

What is the collective noun for a group of terrible contracts?

February 2, 2019 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

My first thought was an albatross. These sort of contracts used to be called “player-friendly”, but now they are dismissed by clubs and the media as bad deals. We can all see that as teams become more analytically savvy, fewer

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Better Late than Never for Red Hot Heyward

June 25, 2018 Padraig Whelan Baseball, Pinch Hitting

For over two years, he has been the $184 million problem for the Chicago Cubs in right-field. The biggest mistake Theo Epstein has ever made was just one of the kinder insults reserved for Jason Heyward after he scuffled following

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