Cap space estimate revised downward by $2m after five Cubs avoid arbitration
The Cubs reached one-year agreements with five out of six arbitration eligible players on Friday. The payroll tracker has been updated with the new salaries. Kris Bryant broke Ryan Howard’s record for highest first-year arbitration salary with a $10.85m deal, almost $2m higher than mlbtraderumors’s $8.9m estimate. Addison Russell ($3.2m) also signed for more than estimated.
Kyle Hendricks ($4.175m), Justin Wilson ($4.25m), and Tommy La Stella ($950k), however, all signed for less than estimated. As a result of the signings, the Cubs lost $2m in cap space versus our earlier estimates. Justin Grimm remains the only arbitration eligible player yet to be signed.
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