The 2022 MLB trade deadline is fast approaching and Willson Contreras and Ian Happ may have played their last home game with the Chicago Cubs.
After Tuesday’s 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates, cameras caught Contreras and Happ sharing quite the emotional hug in Chicago’s dugout. Both players have spent their entire careers with the Cubs — Contreras was a rookie when Chicago won the World Series in 2016 and Happ joined the team the year after — and trade rumors suggest both are leaving the team by the August 2 deadline.
Not only that, Contreras was given a standing ovation from the Cubs faithful during the game to mark the coming inevitability.
