More than any other player on the Cubs roster, Willson Contreras is known for wearing his heart on his sleeve when he plays. He even did so literally for a while until the killjoys at MLB shut down his use of a Venezuelan flag compression sleeve. In any case, there’s reason to wonder whether and how a player who seems to thrive on the energy of a crowd is going to fare when manufactured cheers reverberate off of empty seats.
“It will be hard, because we’re used to playing with fans,” Contreras told members of the media via Zoom on Monday.