The 2020 season is strange and unique for any number of tangible reasons, so you’ll be forgiven if you forgot all about the competitive balance tax and its effect on the Cubs’ personnel strategy. As fun as it would be to see Tom Ricketts thumb his nose at the various penalties imposed for exceeding the tiered payroll thresholds of the CBT, and despite the organization’s refutations of the notion that the tax guides their decisions, it’s quite obvious the Cubs have worked to limit payroll over the last two winters.
If you are among the select few who believe that they added only Steven Souza Jr.