Chicago Cubs fans will love new shortstop Dansby Swanson’s comments about the World Series.
The Chicago Cubs were in need of a new shortstop, and luckily for them, they had four top-tier players at the position available in free agency. When all was said and done, the Cubs were able to sign former Atlanta Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson to a seven-year, $177 million contract. Swanson does have a winning pedigree, as he was on the 2021 Braves team that won the World Series in 2021. The Cubs haven’t made it back to the World Series since 2016, when they won it for the first time since 1908.
Cubs fans will love Swanson’s latest comments when speaking to former MLB pitcher Ryan Dempster on the Marquee Sports Network. Specifically, Swanson said that he has “an addition” to winning the World Series, and he says that winning one in Chicago is “real.”
Cubs fans will love Dansby Swanson’s comments about the World Series
“Winning a World Series, it’s almost addicting,” said Swanson. “There’s an addiction to the journey and putting together a competitive team and coming together as a group to do something special. You can’t beat it. It’s definitely, I would say it’s like a goal of mine to do it here, but it’s more than that. I think it’s real. I think it’s a reality.”
If Cubs fans weren’t already won over with Swanson before, they have to be now.
Swanson is no stranger to winning. He won the College Baseball World Series in 2014 as a member of the Vanderbilt Commodores team, where he won the Most Outstanding Player award. In 2015, Swanson was selected first-overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks. One year later, he was dealt to the Braves in the Shelby Miller trade.
In 2021, Swanson and the Braves won the World Series after defeating the Milwaukee Brewers in four games in the NL Division Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers in six games in the NL Championship Series, and the Houston Astros in six games in the Fall Classic.
Swanson slashed .200/.304/.500 while recording two home runs, three RBI, three runs scored, and four hits in the World Series that year.
The Cubs have made a variety of additions this offseason, including outfielder Cody Bellinger, starting pitcher Jameson Taillon, and first baseman Eric Hosmer. Now, they look to contend for the postseason in the NL, and Swanson anticipates competing for a World Series throughout his tenure.