Jason Heyward has been a polarizing figure in recent Cubs history.
Signed to the biggest free-agent contract in team history before the 2016 season coming off a 6.9 bWAR 2015 season in St. Louis in which he finished 15th in MVP voting, hopes were high that the then 26-year-old Heyward would continue to produce in Chicago and help lead the Cubs to a World Series win.
Well. The Cubs did win the World Series, and you might not think Heyward’s clubhouse speech during the Game 7 rain delay meant anything. Personally, I think it did.