Willson Contreras chose the Cardinals in free agency after spending seven seasons with the Cubs, helping them win a World Series in 2016. But he threw some shade.
Willson Contreras spent seven seasons with the
"For me, I like this better. It’s a better organization," Contreras said via Bally Sports Midwest."We’re almost [have] like old school ways, which I love it. That’s something that I really like. I already talked to the manager about it, how there’s a [good] culture here. Ever since I got here, it’s been everything just one way, the Cardinal way, and I have to adjust to it. It’s not that hard. Do everything right and respect each other. That’s it.
But in the years following, the Cubs slowly moved down the power rankings in MLB. Then-GM Theo Epstein gave his all to break the Cubs’ drought of no World Series titles, and once that was complete, many saw the decline coming. It didn’t happen right away, as the Cubs went back to the NLCS in 2017, where they would lose to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Cubs teammates, from left, Willson Contreras, Aroldis Chapman and Anthony Rizzo celebrate after game five of the World Series against the Cleveland Indians, Oct. 30, 2016, in Chicago.
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