Chicago White Sox Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf and Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts share the same burden of having to pay players without knowing when or if fans will be allowed inside their ballparks this year.
After the Sox signed Liam Hendriks to a $54 million, four-year deal Friday, their payroll is an estimated $131 million for 2021, according to rosterresource.com, nearly double the payroll of $68 million at the end of the 2018 season.
In a winter in which the hot stove has been ice cold, Reinsdorf can take a bow for looking past the pandemic and making the financial moves necessary to try to make a strong team better.