Cubs 2016 World Series MVP Ben Zobrist hasn’t played since the final game of the Joe Maddon era in 2019.
“If that expands to doing stuff for us, the that’d be great. I’d welcome it,” Hoyer said of the former super-utility player who earned an All-Star start at second base for the 2016 Cubs.
“He’s got a real fresh perspective on baseball, for a lot of reasons,” Hoyer added. “His versatility gives him a really fresh perspective. He was a little bit of an older prospect, a little bit more self-made than some guys; that’s a really nice perspective. And he was a switch-hitter. And I don’t think the game came as easy to him as some; he really grinded and prepared unbelievably well.
When Willson Contreras departs as a free agent this winter, as expected, and Jason Heyward is released, as Hoyer has said is the plan, that will leave only Kyle Hendricks on the roster from the 2016 team.Zobrist, 41, played the final four years of a 14-year career for the Cubs, signing a four-year, $56 million free agent deal and reuniting with his former Rays manager Joe Maddon after helping the Royals win the 2015 World Series following a deadline trade from the A’s that year.
He hit .269 with a .774 OPS as a Cub but played only 47 games in 2019, leaving the team in May to deal with what became well publicized marital problems, before returning in September.
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