Rumors have been circulating all afternoon, and naturally he’s on the table since the epidemic hit the 2020 season, but I’m a little stunned to see him.
Cubs is a non-tender tonight for Kennel Schwaber, allowing him to become a free agent:
The Chicks have not yet made an official announcement, but according to a source, Kyle Schwaber has been informed that he will not be contracted for 2021. He is a free agent after 6 years with the team. 8+ prepared to build around in Mill Arab.
– Jesse Rogers (@JC Rogers ESPN) December 3, 2020
Source: Schwarber non-tender.
– Gordon Wittenmeier (@ Jidab Cub) December 3, 2020
Cubs have other tender decisions here.
With an estimated arbitration salary of around -10 10-10-10 million, you could say that this decision would seem daunting to save about 10 10 million for Cubs, or were thinking about Cubes that Schwarber wouldn’t see it in a free agency, or just wish for Cubs Keep going especially from Schwarber. It probably is. There are some combinations of the three, but I still trust that bat, so it’s hard – at the moment – it doesn’t seem like it’s mostly number one. I guess we’ll see what happens next, which will fill the story a bit more. Like, if the chicks go out and try to get Eddie Rosario to sign the same deal, you know they mostly just want to change the type of bat. If they don’t do something like that and Schwarber gets PAID elsewhere, fine
Much remains to be said in the coming days, both about Schwarber’s legacy with Cubes and how the free agency will work. It’s kind of weird at the moment, because when I knew there was a non-tender on the tender, you could tell from my writing earlier in the week that I didn’t expect this. It is still possible that Cubes might try to re-sign Schwerber for this se fancy deal, but usually in these situations, it is the right way to go.
If you are hoping to reconnect:
Cubs are not ruling out the possibility of bringing Schwarber back to the extension (discussions are ongoing). https://t.co/cBcD8QkrLy
– Gordon Wittenmeier (@ Jidab Cub) December 3, 2020
But sometimes that’s just what you say in these moments. More later. Person.
People forgot about Kyle Schwarber’s incredible 2016 comeback:
2 play 2 games
AC tears ACL and LCL
Ge surgery
Ha improvement
5 5 months
The Arizona Fall goes into the league
The compensation for the WS
• BAT.412 / .500 / .471 W / 2 RBI, 3 BB, and 1 SB
WWSpic.twitter.com/F7HmZzTvrG– Cubs Live (@ Cubs_Live) December 2, 2020