It’s never too early to talk about “next year” when you’re a baseball team not in the postseason, and along those lines we now have the annual arbitration salary estimates from MLB Trade Rumors.
In the past, these estimates have proven to be pretty close to what players actually get, with the occasional exception.
So let’s take a look at the nine Cubs who will be arb-eligible for 2024. (In alphabetical order.)
Adbert Alzolay: $2.5 million
Sign on the dotted line, I’d say, for that kind of money Alzolay is well worth it, no matter what role he has (and I’d want him closing).