The marathon Major League Baseball season has begun. Madison Bumgarner is the MLB home run leader (wut?), the Yankees lost (praise!), and the Cubs’ bats were kept relatively quiet by the dominating performance of Cardinals’ ace Carlos Martinez until Willson Contreras saved the day with a three-run homer in the ninth…before we lost (sad!).
The Encouraging
First of all, can I gloat for a second? Previously on VFTB, I wrote:
The Cubs have said the following is true:
Jason Heyward is the right fielder.