CHICAGO, IL - OCTOBER 02: Yu Darvish #11 of the Chicago Cubs leaves Game 2 of the Wild Card Series ... [+] between the Miami Marlins and the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on Friday, October 2, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. Darvish and personal catcher Victor Caratini will head to the Padres and Zach Davies and a smattering of prospects to the Cubs in return. By transferring all or most of that to the Padres, the Cubs' total payroll in 2021 will sit around $140 million, according to Roster Resource. Going into the 2021 season and the start of another rebuild, Cubs fans are fair to wonder what the Ricketts family’s biggest priority is. And if the trade didn’t sting fans enough, Darvish was apparently left out of the loop that he was on the block.

Source: Forbes December 29, 2020 16:04 UTC