Cubs Pay Heavily To Land Their Shortstop, Dansby Swanson
Kabuhayan Nagbayad ng Malaki ang Mga Cubs Upang Mapunta ang Kanilang Shortstop, Dansby Swanson 12 / 17 / 2022 Balita ng Ethereum ng Bitcoin NEW YORK, NY - AGOSTO 6: Si Dansby Swanson #7 ng Atlanta Braves ay nakakuha ng puwersa kay Pete Alonso Getty Images The Cubs may not be relevant next September but at least their fans will know theyre trying. A year and a half after they stripped the payroll by trading away Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant and Javier Baez, the Cubs are signing free agent shortstop Dansby Swanson to a seven-year, $177 million contract, per reports. Swanson, the last of four top-tier shortstops still on the market, was being widely pursued by teams that had missed signing Carlos Correa, Trea Turner and Xander Bogaerts. The Cubs had targeted Swanson from the start of free agency and didnt let the rising tide of the early signings detour them. Tom Ricketts and President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer are giving Swanson the second-biggest contract in team history — behind Jason Heywards eight-year, $184 million deal — despite already having a shortstop whose value was judged to be 4.5 rWAR last season. He was a first-round pick for Arizona in 2015, helped Atlanta win the World Series in