It's not hard to draw parallels between Jason Heyward and the Cubs team he plays right field for.
Arriving on the scene with a combo of (a bit green) youth and talent, both had to deal with sky-high expectations from the start. Heyward was the future of baseball, an intoxicating mix of 5 tools topped off with a generational glove. The Cubs were bursting at the seams with top prospects, flush with cash, and run by a man that Forbes magazine decided was a better leader than, among others, The Pope.
$184 million and two underwhelming playoff runs later, both head into 2019 trying to prove that talk of closing windows is premature.