We’re not one week into the 2021 postseason and still a few weeks until MLB free agency begins.
Nevertheless, thanks to the folks at MLB Trade Rumors, we now have some arbitration estimates for MLB players for 2022.
Thus we can begin to build an estimate of the Cubs’ payroll obligations for next season. I’m not going to put together an entire spreadsheet of players and estimates yet; it’s far too early for that.
But we can at least get an idea of where the team is going to stand with some of the players returning for next season.