Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 25 ga Oktoba, 2016, Heyward, tare da abokan wasan Dexter Fowler, Addison Russell, da Carl Edwards Jr., sun zama 'yan Afirka na farko da suka buga wa Cubs wasa a Wasannin Duniya
wasa. An yaba wa Heyward da jagorantar taron 'yan wasa masu ban sha'awa a lokacin jinkirin ruwan sama na mintina 17 a kusa da ƙarshen Wasan 7 na Wasannin Duniya na 2016. A ƙarshe Cubs sun ci wasan 8<unk>7 bayan wasan kwaikwayo 10, kuma ya ba su gasar zakarun duniya ta farko a cikin shekaru 108. A ranar 9 ga Nuwamba, Heyward ya zama dan wasa na farko a tarihin Major League Baseball don lashe lambar yabo ta Golden Glove sau uku a jere tare da kungiyoyi uku daban-daban (Braves, Cardinals, da Cubs).