FILE - In this Friday, March 15, 2019 file photo, Chicago Cubs' Kyle Schwarber bats during a spring training baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Glendale, Ariz. Kyle Schwarber and Albert Almora Jr. became free agents Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020 when the Chicago Cubs declined to offer contracts to two key players from their historic 2016 World Series championship.
(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)CHICAGO โ Kyle Schwarber and Albert Almora Jr. became free agents Wednesday when the Chicago Cubs declined to offer contracts to two key players from their historic 2016 World Series championship.
While Schwarber, Almora, slugger Josรฉ Martรญnez and pitcher Ryan Tepera were non-tendered, the Cubs offered 2021 contracts to infielders Kris Bryant and Javier Bรกez, catchers Willson Contreras and Victor Caratini, and outfielder Ian Happ.
He also played in the 2016 World Series after missing most of the season with a left knee injury.
Almora then scored the go-ahead run on Ben Zobrist's double in the Cubs' 8-7 victory over the Indians.