Cubs tender contracts to RHP Jake Arrieta, RHP Hector Rondon, RHP Pedro Strop and RHP Justin Grimm for 2017 season … Cubs non-tender LHP Gerardo Concepcion, LHP Zac Rosscup, RHP Conor Mullee and INF Christian Villanueva … Cubs 40-Man Roster stands at 35 players
The Cubs announced Friday prior to the deadline that the team tendered contracts for next season to each of the four arbitration eligible players … Jake Arrieta, Hector Rondon, Pedro Strop and Justin Grimm.
The Cubs also offered contracts to 22 of the 26 automatic renewal players … Aaron Brooks, Jake Buchanan, Carl Edwards Jr.