Al Yellon created Bleed Cubbie Blue and has been its managing editor since 2005. He's also written three books about the Cubs, the latest is "Chicago Cubs Firsts."
One of the things agreed to in the 2022 MLB/MLBPA collective-bargaining agreement was a pre-arbitration bonus pool.
How it works: Each team contributes about $1.67 million to a pool that’s divided among the top 100 pre-arbitration players. MLB decides who these pre-arb players are in part by their finishes in award voting and in part by a formula which somehow combines the WAR figures both from baseball-reference and Fangraphs.