Cubs' FA Contreras agrees to 5-year deal with rival Cardinals
And not only is Willson Contreras officially leaving the
Catcher Willson Contreras and the St. Louis Cardinals are in agreement on a five-year, $87.5 million contract, a source familiar with the deal tells ESPN.Contreras was the top free agent catcher on the market this winter, with a return to the Cubs seen as unlikely for months. “This is a spot that I wanted to be since I was a kid, and I did everything I could to reach free agency,” Contreras said during the“At the same time, it makes me a little nostalgic to leave my team. But everything happens for a reason, and I’m ready for whatever comes next.”
“Willson is a very good competitor,” Marmol said Tuesday. “This is a guy that loves to win, who wakes up thinking about it and goes to sleep thinking about it. We’ve seen him quite a bit across the way, and it’s a guy you don’t want to compete against because you know he’s pretty good.A competitor the Cubs will now have to face more than a dozen times each season for the foreseeable future — and find a way to replace his offensive production.
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