It was a tale of two seasons for Chicago Cubs center fielder Albert Almora in 2018.
Almora was one of the bigger snubs from last season’s All-Star Game. Not only was he flashing Gold Glove-caliber defense, but he posted a first-half slash line of .319/.357/.438 in 276 at-bats across 86 contests.
Similar to the Cubs’ offense as a whole, the second half was extremely unkind to Almora. In 66 games/168 at-bats, he delivered a lowly .232/.267/.280 slash line.
The 24-year-old hit at least .300 in April, May and June only to hit .