Legions of Cubs fans are vexed by the team’s purported lack of additional payroll and many of those are likewise upset by the team’s continued employment of Addison Russell. At the intersection of those not-insignificant factions are some folks willing to help the Cubs with both their moral and financial dilemmas.
A group calling themselves “The Cubs Fans of Twitter” has established a GoFundMe campaign titled, “Addison Russell Pink Slip Fund.” They’ve established a lofty goal of $4.3 million, Russell’s projected arbitration salary for 2019, to encourage the Cubs to release the shortstop. Ah, but it’s not about donating the money to the Cubs in order to offset that salary.