The Cubs will pay the remaining one year, $22 million left of his contract.
In Dec. 2015, the Cubs signed Heyward to an eight-year, $184 million contract, after the outfielder put together his best big league season, batting a career-high .293 with a .359 On Base Percentage and .797 OPS.
At the age of 26, the Cubs signed Heyward, believing that his best years were in front of him. He would go on to slash .