…, “We believe this process keeps us fundamentally competitive, both for this season and other seasons, and maintains flexibility.”. Fortunately, the offseason is young and there's time to add a bat. If the Cubs had eyes for, say, Mookie Betts next offseason (and we know this front office loves themselves some Red Sox), getting under this year, in order to blow past it next year isn’t out of the question (standard caveats of you don’t know who will or will not be available where and when still apply).

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Splashy one-year signings of Yasmani Grandal and Mike Moustakas headlined the offseason dealings of David Stearns, and the club opened the year with a franchise-record payroll approaching $123 mil. Our first payroll projection had the team looking at a hair less than $90 mil for 2020, but since then, Milwaukee has non-tendered five arbitration-eligible players and agreed to contracts with two others, freeing up even more cash for potential additions: There are a few caveats to this chart, of course: Accounting for all the departed free agents, non-tenders, and players that were traded away, the Brewers are down some $60 mil in payroll from where they ended the 2019 season.

At the outset of the offseason, we estimated the Cubs’ actual ($214M) and luxury tax ($215.5M) payrolls for the 2020 season, acknowledging that yeah … they’re already a little beefy for the start of an offseason.

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It’s got to make sense, right? Without any further additions, opposing pitchers won't have to sweat much once they get through the 1-2-3-4 hitters. The arbitration system nearly always results in players receiving a salary bump year-over-year, but Shaw’s projected raise is just $50,000, from $4.675 million in 2019 to $4.7 million in 2020.

Virtually every contract we’ve signed, we have an option on for more than a single season. So, for Morrow’s two-year, $21 million deal ($9 million in each year, plus the $3 million buyout), the Cubs already took care of the buyout for AAV purposes in the first two years ($10.5 million AAV). I think we’re sitting in a very good spot.

The offseason is a little more than a month old and, to date, no team has lost more off its 2019 roster than the Milwaukee Brewers. That would no doubt be a disappointment to many fans, who consistently support the team and come out to the ballpark in droves (2.5+ million in attendance in 12 of the last 13 years despite ranking as MLB’s smallest market).

Splashy one-year signings of Yasmani Grandal and Mike Moustakas headlined the offseason dealings of David Stearns, and the club opened the year with a franchise-record payroll approaching $123 mil. The deals signed by Orlando Arcia and Ben Gamel saved the team $700K over their arbitration projections, and the non-tenders of Travis Shaw, Junior Guerra, Tyler … Last year the Brewers set a new franchise record with a $122.5 million payroll on Opening Day.

The challenge now for Slingin’ Stearns and company will be to fill those holes, but there appears to be plenty of financial flexibility with which to work with. Leftover salaries from players who have been traded or released, or buyouts for declined options. So, let’s assume that Hader and Suter are both successful in their earning endeavors.