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<blockquote data-quote="champaignchris" data-source="post: 1449915" data-attributes="member: 26283"><p>Baseball Reference estimates the Cubs payroll at about $171M in 2020 including arb raises and assuming Rizzo and Quintana are picked up but Morrow is not. </p><p></p><p>The first luxury tax threshold for 2020 will be $209M. That’s about $38M to play with without going over the tax. And we know the Cubs don’t limit themselves to being under the tax because they aren’t under the tax this year. </p><p></p><p>I’m not saying the Cubs are going to sign Harper. I’m just saying that if they wanted to take a big tax hit this year, they could be under the tax next year and going forward. (And worrying about the tax after 2021 is senseless anyway since there will be a new CBA and the rules could be completely different.) Publicly they’ve said they are not willing to do this. And I’m about 50/50 on whether they’re being honest or just laying in the weeds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="champaignchris, post: 1449915, member: 26283"] Baseball Reference estimates the Cubs payroll at about $171M in 2020 including arb raises and assuming Rizzo and Quintana are picked up but Morrow is not. The first luxury tax threshold for 2020 will be $209M. That’s about $38M to play with without going over the tax. And we know the Cubs don’t limit themselves to being under the tax because they aren’t under the tax this year. I’m not saying the Cubs are going to sign Harper. I’m just saying that if they wanted to take a big tax hit this year, they could be under the tax next year and going forward. (And worrying about the tax after 2021 is senseless anyway since there will be a new CBA and the rules could be completely different.) Publicly they’ve said they are not willing to do this. And I’m about 50/50 on whether they’re being honest or just laying in the weeds. [/QUOTE]
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