Bleed Cubbie Blue · Jan 25, 2019
The Brad Brach signing by the numbers
Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty ImagesIt’s been a slow offseason on the north side of Chicago, but finally on Thursday there was some movement. The Cubs signed 33-year-old Brad Brach to a one-year, $3 million contract. At the end of 2019 they can choose to exercise a mutual option for 2020 that would bring the total value of the two-year deal to $9.5 million. If the Cubs do not exercise the option they are on the hook for a $1.35 million buyout, bringing Brach’s guaranteed deal for 2019 to $4.35 million.
Got all of that? What can I say, free agent deals are complex in this crazy labor market.