Cubs pick up Anthony Rizzo's $16.5 million option for 2021

[ASFN Admin]

CHICAGO — In what could be a farewell season, the Chicago Cubs picked up the $16.5 million option on three-time All-Star first baseman Anthony Rizzo for 2021. The decision gives the Cubs some stability as more difficult decisions await them in what figures to be a challenging offseason. Rizzo, 31, is entering the final season of a multi-year contract he signed in 2013, but is aware the core ...

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