There are a lot of takes right now about how to repurpose the money the Cubs saved by non-tendering Kyle Schwarber and Albert Almora Jr. late Wednesday but I’d like to reframe this conversation a bit because the bottom line is that the Cubs decided to part ways with two former first round draft picks over less than $10 million.
$10 million.
Look, I get it. Almora has struggled at the plate and Schwarber probably wasn’t worth the $8 million he was projected to get in arbitration this offseason, but the whole thing about tanking and getting a ton of early round picks is that those picks are supposed to pan out for teams in a number of ways.