Bring 'em back?
Now it's the "hitters" turn. Let's see who the Cubs should keep.
Yesterday, I went through the long list of Cubs' free agent pitchers and whittled it down to the five they should actually try to keep. Today we look at the position players.
Seiya Suzuki - We start with an easy one. Of course the Cubs should keep Seiya. He's the best free agent signing of Jed Hoyer's Cubs' tenure. He signed for five years and $85 million bucks (plus his posting fee) and has produced an average of 27 homers and 92 RBI with 34 doubles with an .823 OPS per 162 games over those five seasons. He's has a career 128 OPS+, plays a good right field (with a few notable drops, though he was mostly very good out there this year) and he's a very cool guy. He was worth 5.1 WAR this last year, third on the Cubs behind Petecrow and Alex Bregman, and nobody else was within two runs of him. This should not be a discussion. He's in line for a nice contract because he's a really good player. That's how this works.
