Three teams owe tax, according to end of year figures sent to clubs Wednesday and obtained by the Associated Press. The Chicago Cubs must pay $7.6 million following a season that ended with September fade and no postseason berth. New York has run up a total of $348 million in tax since the payroll restraint […]
Continue readingWhat we can do is check back on the 2010s on how free agency worked — or didn’t work — for all 30 franchises. For each team we’ll list the total dollars committed in free agency (starting with new contracts for the 2010 season, not including money carried over from previous deals), where they ranked […]
Continue readingRizzo, 30, is beginning the first of two option years but would like to be a Cub for a lot longer. In an offseason in which teammates Kris Bryant and Willson Contreras have been mentioned in trade rumors and the team has turned over its manager and coaching staff, players such as Rizzo and shortstop […]
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