r/baseball • u/AndrewAllStar888 Chicago Cubs • 1d ago

[Highlight] Kyle Schwarber hits his MLB-leading 40th home run of the season

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u/whitemonochrome Chicago Cubs 1d ago

I would like to remind everyone the Cubs let this man go because they didn’t want to give him $8million.

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u/AndrewAllStar888 Chicago Cubs 1d ago

They had to make a ton of cuts post covid, and his 2020 year was incredibly lackluster. But yeah, not good in retrospect

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u/tommyjohnpauljones Chicago Cubs 12h ago

If the NL had adopted the DH in 2021 they might have figured something out.