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Cubs Avoid Luxury Tax, Maybe Even Bigger Penalties as MLB Payrolls Dropped by $2.5 Billion
A shortened 2020 season meant teams had to pay only a prorated portion of player salaries, roughly 40% of what…
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Cubs Currently Projected to Trim Payroll by $40-50 Million for 2021, Second Winter of Big Cuts
Even though it should go without saying because of the use of “currently” in the title, I want to make…
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Cubs Have Until August 31 to Cut Payroll and Reset Luxury Tax
The 2020 season is strange and unique for any number of tangible reasons, so you’ll be forgiven if you forgot…
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Ricketts Says Decisions on Bryant, Báez Will Come from ‘Theo’s Camp’
Tom Ricketts arrived at Sloan Park Monday to address the team in advance of the spring’s first official workout, but…
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The Rundown: Rise of the Resistance, Ralph Breaks the Rumor Mill, Conflicts in Cubs News
Saturday is typically a day of rest for The Rundown, but I was MIA yesterday and felt the desire to…
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How Would Signing Nick Castellanos Affect Cubs’ 2020 Payroll?
While the Cubs and Nicholas Castellanos have reportedly expressed mutual interest in a reunion, it’s hard to imagine both parties…
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How Much Money Do Cubs Have ‘Available’ to Spend in Free Agency?
This offseason presents new challenges to the Theo Epstein-led Cubs because, for the first time, the team’s status within their…
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The Rundown: Gold Glove Winners Announced, Budding Rizzo-Darvish Bromance, Cubs Buy Out Morrow
Though a lot of us worry that this season’s hot stove will be a repeat of last season’s boiler plate…
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Tom Ricketts Hints at Further Limiting Payroll, Says ‘You Can’t Really Buy Teams’
If you were expecting the Cubs to be big players in free agency after seeing their stifled efforts last winter…
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Predicting Future Cub Payrolls (Part 4): Four-Year Predictions on How Much Cubs Can Spend
In parts 1-3 of this series (all linked below), I have laid out all manner of financial information about the…
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