Three months in the past Jason Heyward and the Chicago Cubs agreed to half methods after the season.
The transfer turned official Monday when the Cubs granted Heyward his unconditional launch. The 33-year-old outfielder is owed $22 million for 2023, the ultimate 12 months of the eight-year, $184 million contract he signed earlier than the 2016 season. Heyward additionally will obtain 4 $5 million installments on April 1, 2024-27, as a part of his preliminary signing bonus.
Heyward indicated in late September he needs to play elsewhere subsequent season whereas acknowledging these plans may not come to fruition.
“I appreciate they’re real, I appreciate being able to have that,” Heyward stated Sept. 29. “It’s robust once you don’t have these issues, displaying up for any job or residing life, if folks had been sort of blowing smoke and never protecting it actual with you.
“That’s something that people don’t always understand is how you handle failure. There’s a lot of accolades throughout my career, a lot of special things happened here with this team. A lot of failure too. It’s not always easy to deal with, but there’s been a lot of good things that have come my way from a lot of people expressing that to me, and I feel like that comes from how I’ve handled everything.”
Heyward ends his seven seasons in Chicago with a .245/.323/.406 slash line, 86 OPS+, 8.9 WAR, two Gold Glove awards and a World Series title. His presence will final past his ultimate recreation with the Cubs by means of his charitable work in the neighborhood.
The Cubs have 33 gamers on their 40-man roster after Heyward’s departure, offering ample house so as to add gamers by Tuesday’s deadline to guard eligible minor-leaguers from the Rule 5 draft.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com