Looks like Cubs players are going to have a nice holiday season.
Following a trip to the NLCS, the Cubs are handing out 60 full playoff shares.
That's the highest total in Major League Baseball history and each full share is worth $122,327.59 coming from a record-high MLB players' pool of $69.8 million. The previous players' pool was $65.3 million in 2012.
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The Cubs are also handing out 8.25 partial shares and 13 cash awards.
Here is how the shares were calculated, per MLB:
MLB
The players' pool is formed from 50 percent of the gate receipts from the Wild Card Games presented by Budweiser; 60 percent of the gate receipts from the first three games of the Division Series; 60 percent of the gate receipts from the first four games of the League Championship Series; and 60 percent of the gate receipts from the first four games of the World Series. The players' pool was divided among the 10 Postseason Clubs: the two World Series participants, the two League Championship Series runners-up, the four Division Series runners-up and the two runners-up in the Wild Card Games presented by Budweiser.
The World Champion Kansas City Royals handed out 58 full shares worth $370,069.03 apiece. The New York Mets - who beat the Cubs to represent the NL in the World Series - issued 44 full shares worth more than $300K.
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Within the NL Central, the St. Louis Cardinals (who lost to the Cubs in the NLDS) dished out 59 full shares worth $34,223.65 while the Pittsburgh Pirates (who lost to the Cubs in the wild-card game) issued 57 full shares worth $15,884.20.
