Kyle Schwarber’s been unfairly tagged as a buffoon playing in left field. He had an embarrassing game in the 2015 NLCS against the New York Mets and ever since then no one can take Schwarber seriously in the field. Well damnit, he’s not that bad and that’s all the Chicago Cubs need him to be in left field.
Yes, ideally the Cubs would have a better defensive player in left, but let’s not pretend Schwarber is completely helpless either. Really, I just wanted to share this leaping catch he made on Thursday against the Seattle Mariners.
@Cubs @kschwarb12 with the leaping catch vs. SEA. 03-09-2017. #cubs pic.twitter.com/H9eghFGepv
— John Antonoff (@baseballinfocus) March 10, 2017
2017 gold glove winner, Kyle Schwarber. #Cubs pic.twitter.com/wq3EWgBAqf
— Aldo Soto (@AldoSoto21) March 10, 2017
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Need more of that and less of this.
Not ideal defense by Schwarber. #Cubs pic.twitter.com/xsmBK5c5NU
— Aldo Soto (@AldoSoto21) March 6, 2017
But even if that does occasionally happen, we can count on a lot of this.
