The internet can be a cruel place, but it can also be hilarious.
When the New York Post’s Jon Heyman broke the news Monday afternoon that former Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Michael Conforto had signed a one-year minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs, well, let’s just say the Boys at Blue’s X have turned into a late-night comedy club.
Conforto arrived in Los Angeles last offseason on a one-year, $17 million proof-it contract. He was the Dodgers’ everyday left fielder and was expected to be the missing piece in a lineup that already included former MVPs Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts.
Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman thought simply: put a career 120 OPS+ bat in Dodger Stadium and let the ballpark do the rest. Instead, the ballpark watched him fall apart.
Conforto hit a career-low .199 with just 12 home runs and 36 RBI. He had a .333 slugging percentage that felt like a typo every time it flashed on the scoreboard. By October, he wasn’t just struggling, he was invisible. On the couch. Leaving the postseason roster. Replaced in left field by Kiké Hernández, who did what Kiké Hernández did in October and helped the Dodgers to a second straight World Series title.
So when the Cubs offered Conforto a lifeline on Monday, Dodgers fans offered punchlines.
“The Dodgers traded Michael Conforto for Kyle Tucker,” cracked one fan, pointing out the obvious that Tucker was with the Cubs last year and Conforto was with the Dodgers.
“How will we ever move on?” asked a Dodgers fan.
“This legendary Dodger will be dearly missed,” another wrote, sarcasm dripping like pine tar in July.
“As a Dodgers fan this is like watching your toxic ex date someone new. God bless them both,” wrote another.
“Dodgers legend.” “The Dodgers GOAT.”
The hits just kept coming.
It was brutal. It was creative. It was So Dodgers fans.
For the Cubs, this is low-risk, high-reward: Counsell, Conforto’s career line of .251/.348/.456, his consistency from 2017-2024, the 20-homer season in San Francisco just two years ago. The Cubs believe there is still a professional hitter buried beneath the wreckage of 2025.
At 33, Conforto isn’t chasing superstars; he’s just trying to stay relevant and revive his career.
In Los Angeles, he will mostly be remembered as a punchline to a championship season that he didn’t participate in when it mattered most. In Chicago he gets a clean slate.
Baseball is funny that way. One city roasts you. Someone else gives you a club.
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