Today is MLB’s non-tender deadline. What will the Cubs and other teams do?

Teams must tender contracts to arbitration-eligible players by 7 p.m. CT today.

Thus this annual deadline has become known as the “non-tender deadline,” because not tendering deals to arb-eligible players can create another class of free agents.

I’m going to cite some things from Marc Carig and Andy McCullough’s article on this topic in The Athletic, but first I want to give props to this headline:

Now that is a first-class headline.

Anyway, the first thing notable from Carig and McCullough is this:

Given the state of the industry, it could be an exceptionally busy day.