Chicago Cubs and free agent center fielder, Jake Marisnick, they managed to reach a contractual agreement, Jon Morosi of MLB.com reported for the first time from his official Twitter account. The details of the signature are not yet known, although subsequent figures and its duration are expected to be published.
Marisnick, who will turn 30 at the end of March, He spent most of his career playing for the Houston Astros, but was with the Mets in 2020. A pair of hamstring injuries limited the fast-paced player to just 16 games in the last tournament, although Marisnick was quite productive in 34 appearances on the set, hitting .333 /. 353 / .604 with a pair of home runs and three doubles and five RBIs.
That level of production, of course, should not be expected in the future. Marisnick was a below-average player for most of his time in adulthood, although he made up for that below-average bat with much above-average speed and excellent glove work.
Marisnick’s speed has slowed slightly in 2020, although the pair of hamstring strains certainly contributed. Statcast measured its sprint speed at 29.2 feet per second in 2016-19, but reduced it to 28.2 last year. He also ranked in the top 20 outfielders in the game on Statcast’s Outs Above Average each year from 2016-19 and was seen as an elite defender.