Some 11 months before Eddie Rosario became the National League Championship Series MVP, before he made Braves history en route to a World Series ring, the outfielder got the news that the Twins weren’t going to tender his contract.
This season highlighted a handful of such comeback stories from the 2020 non-tender deadline. Chicago’s teams know that firsthand, after the White Sox non-tendered Carlos Rodón and the Cubs parted ways with Kyle Schwarber.
Rosario, Rodón and Schwarber were among a record-number of arbitration-eligible players who were not tendered contracts last December.