Bleed Cubbie Blue · Sep 1, 2020
In appreciation of Albert Almora Jr.
Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty ImagesNews item, after the Cubs’ acquisition of Cameron Maybin by trade Monday:
Hoyer: Albert Almora Jr. will be optioned to South Bend, with Maybin joining the MLB squad.
— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) August 31, 2020 I’m writing this appreciation now because it’s entirely possible Albert Almora Jr. has played his final game as a Cub. He’ll be in his second arbitration-eligible season for 2021 and that likely means a salary of somewhere in the $3 million to $4 million range (he had a pre-pandemic salary of $1.575 million for 2020) and it seems very unlikely the Cubs will want to pay that going forward. He’s a prime non-tender candidate.