When the Chicago Cubs Ian Happ was sent down to Triple-A Iowa to begin the season, it was Albert Almora‘s time to shine. Happ wasn’t happy with it, but he took the assignment and worked to get back to the big leagues. Now, with Almora’s demotion? He’s going to have to do the same.
In his rookie year of 2016, Almora put up a respectable slash line in 47 games of .277/.308/.455 with a .763 OPS. He was quite important to Game 7 of the World Series, as he pinch-ran for Kyle Schwarber.