Just days ago, some Chicago Cubs fans may have been a bit miffed by the brief rental of veteran backstop Martin Maldonado, but very few people were losing any sleep over swapping him for Tony Kemp trade deadline. Of course, the team seemed to be set with the likes of Willson Contreras and Victor Caratini, behind the dish. My, my, my… what a difference a couple days can make.
After going hitless in 11 at-bats over only four games while a Cub, Maldonado had a double and a run on Thursday and had a bomb, a walk, and two runs scored on Friday for the Astros.