Al Yellon created Bleed Cubbie Blue and has been its managing editor since 2005. He's also written three books about the Cubs, the latest is "Chicago Cubs Firsts."
Late Friday afternoon, figures on the teams that went over MLB’s Competitive Balance Tax were posted online.
Now, the first thing about this is the timing. Friday afternoon? Late? Before a week where a lot of people are going to start heading out for the holidays?
Of course. This was probably planned that way by MLB, so that most people’s attention would be focused elsewhere. Nevertheless, BCB’s Sara Sanchez wrote up an excellent review of all this in BCB After Dark last Friday evening/early Saturday morning and if you haven’t checked that out yet, you should.