Thoughts about the 5 Cubs eligible for 2021 arbitration who are still unsigned

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports This week would normally be the week of baseball’s Winter Meetings, where team executives, managers, agents and media gather in some warm-weather spot and the so-called “Hot Stove” gets warm with rumors, etc.

Due to the pandemic, this year’s in-person meetings were cancelled. But there are still winter baseball things to think about, and here’s one that’s very important for the Chicago Cubs.

At the non-tender deadline, in addition to the Cubs non-tendering four arbitration-eligible players (Kyle Schwarber, Albert Almora Jr., Ryan Tepera and Jose Martinez), they signed three other arb-eligible players to contracts: Colin Rea, Dan Winkler and Kyle Ryan.

That…