Willson Contreras

Willson Contreras received hugs and handshakes from teammates after striking out in the ninth inning Sunday night in what was likely his last game with the ...

The Cubs are off on Monday before playing Tuesday night in St. Louis. Contreras punched out against Giants closer Camilo Doval in a 4-0 loss at San Francisco to lead off the ninth, then let it sink in that his seven seasons with Chicago had likely ended. "That's when I realized that it was the last game before the deadline," he told reporters.

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I care a lot about winning. “I just want this to be over,” the catcher reiterated. I care a lot about making the team better. I care a lot about game calling. “I care a lot about my pitchers. “It’s been a long, long, long, long week, long, long month for me.

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If they don’t want to trade me, they don’t. But I just want this day to pass and keep focused on playing baseball. I just want this to be over.” “It’s hard because any time that you have a little free time, your mind is going to trade rumors,” Contreras said. No, not done with Cubs or baseball – done with the questions and wondering and worrying and everything attached to the Trade Deadline. “I just want this to be over,” Contreras said after last night’s game, per The Athletic. “If they’re going to trade me, they’re going to trade me. It’s hard to step back and refocus for as long as it takes to put together the Bullets. Ah, the sting of trying to get out the “normal” posts during the Blogathon. It’s hard not only because of limits on time and attention, but also just the focus.

The Chicago Cubs are in a greater pickle with trading Willson Contreras now that Christian Vazquez has been dealt to the Houston Astros.

The Mets have been interested in making a deal with the Cubs for Contreras but nothing has yet to get finalized. The Astros were one of the most logical places for Contreras to land. The Cubs have the best catcher available in trades and yet nobody has been willing to bite.

Chicago Cubs catcher and impending free agent Willson Contreras is ready for the trade deadline to pass and to find out where he might be heading.

I care a lot about the game calling and I care a lot about making the team better. “It’s a double-edged sword, right? I care a lot about winning. I care a lot about my pitchers. “I wish it wasn’t a thing, but I won’t lie, I talked to Ross about it. I just want it to be over.” There’s two sides of that from the manager’s seat.” I just want this to be over. In the meantime, a potential flurry of trades looms. “And that’s something that I learned this year. It’s been a long, long, long week. “It’s going to be a long day.

Willson Contreras is the best catcher available today. Where will he go?

- The Rays and Mets are in the mix for Contreras, tweetsKen Rosenthal of The Athletic, with the Padres treating him as more of a Juan Sotofallback option. The club chose not to extend him along the way, so now Contreras is on the eve of free agency and will be joining a pennant race before long. “I’m ready for this to be over with,” Willson Contreras told reporters in San Francisco on Sunday regarding the trade rumors that have swirled around him for months.

Where will Cubs' trade chips Willson Contreras, Ian Happ and David Robertson wind up by 5 p.m. (CT)?

2. Ian Happ (Last ranking: 4) — The Padres also were in on Happ, along with the Dodgers (who were said to think of him as a backup plan to Soto), and the Blue Jays were stirring Happ buzz on deadline morning — to go with several other suitors, including both New York teams. How fast now until Willson Contreras and Ian Happ are moved? That already makes this a strange week leading up to the 5 p.m. (CT) deadline, especially the part about the sidearming, second-year Effross getting moved (though the key is the Cubs got a promising Triple-A starter in Hayden Wesneski from the Yankees who could be making big-league starts this season).

The Chicago Cubs came into the trade deadline week expected to be active sellers. Now there is a chance that they keep Willson Contreras.

That doesn’t mean that they can’t be traded but they are preparing as if they are not. That championship ended a 108-year drought so they are all going to naturally be legends in town forever. One of the names that are expected to go is Willson Contreras. As you probably know, Contreras is one of the best catchers in the league.

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Tick, tock. Tick, tock. Currently just 23 years old, he projects well enough and is somebody I would not be surprised to see included in a deal if the Rays decide to go big. As for Edwards, another infielder, he currently carries a .282/.346/.404 line with four home runs, 22 RBI and a pair of stolen bases in Triple A this year. The fact is, if the right-hander comes back and does terrible for the Cubs, the trade is a bust. Unless of course the Cubs actually extended a good player, but you know, feel free to roll the dice on that happening.