Remember when the Chicago Cubs declined their option on Brandon Kintzler this offseason and he picked up his player option, thus keeping him on the team? Yeah, me too. And, at the time, I felt like it could be one of those moves that wound up dragging the team down in 2019.
Boy, was I wrong.
Last summer, Theo Epstein acquired Kintzler from the Washington Nationals in an attempt to shore up the bullpen. He had never really been a flashy guy, but was known for keeping the ball on the ground and in the yard.