2021 wraps up tonight and I won't be sad to see it go. Between continuing covid and the dismantling of the Cubs core, it was a not a good year. Let's toss it aside and pray for a better 2022.
A new year also means a new Cubs calendar.
The cover features Jason Heyward, Kyle Hendricks, and Ian Happ. Inside, each month showcases a Cub player.
Turner Licensing has a really early print deadline. The calendars are often out of date when they are printed. This year's edition shows nine players that are still with the team - Willson Contreras, Rowan Wick, Ian Happ, Jason Heyward, Alec Mills, Nico Hoerner, David Bote, Kyle Hendricks, and Adbert Alzolay.
These three players are ex-Cubs, Craig Kimbrel, Tyson Miller, and Idlemaro Vargas. Vargas was waived in May and Miller was let go a month later. Kimbrel was traded at the deadline on July 31. None of the three should have been included. Patrick Wisdom or Frank Schwindel would have been more appropriate.
Ugh. Idlemaro Vargas and Tyson Miller? Were the Cubs really that bad last year that these two made the cut? Like you, I think Wisdom and Schwindel should have made it. I fact, I'd replace Heyward on the cover with either of them.
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