After the Cubs’ announcement that Addison Russell would be tendered a contract for 2019, I was all ready to write today about how his status would affect the 25-man roster beginning on Opening Day.
And then the Cubs non-tendered Ronald Torreyes, who was going to factor into what I was going to write.
First, here’s something important about Russell being tendered a contract that hasn’t been much mentioned yet:
Want to explain the mechanics of a word from Theo’s statement: non-guaranteed. What will happen here is similar to Justin Grimm.