The last unsigned arbitration-eligible Cub became signed Friday:
Ian Happ has won his arbitration hearing against the Cubs, per source. Happ will earn $4.1 million in 2021; the Cubs had filed at $3.25 million.
— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) February 19, 2021
Like a lot of arbitration cases, there wasn’t that much of a difference between the two figures, just $850,000. You’d think the Cubs and Ian Happ might have been able to meet in the middle, but that didn’t happen.
Happ made $603,500 (before proration) in 2020, and had a pretty good season: .