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Chicago Cubs must be careful with Willson Contreras

By the conclusion of the 2018 season, Willson Contreras had caught 1,109.2 innings for the Cubs, the most in the major leagues.

Despite his reliability as a backstop, Contreras was undoubtedly zapped in the second half of the season.

After making the National League All-Star team as the starting catcher and hitting .279 with a .818 OPS at the break, Contreras struggled mightily to maintain his success.

He hit .200 in the second half, including a porous .159 in August, and he hardly hit the ball out of the infield. After hitting seven home runs in the first half, Contreras hit just three the rest of the way.