Cubs Face Tough Decision with Travis Wood

Wednesday is the deadline for teams to tender contracts to unsigned players under club control for next season. There are nine arbitration eligible players currently on the 40-man roster. The front office has not given any indications that a player will be non-tendered and become a free agent, and that includes LHP Travis Wood.

Travis Wood is under club control for one more season. Wood is in line for a hefty pay raise, more than a middle reliever or swingman is usually paid. Wood had a $5.685 million salary this past season and through the arbitration process he should receive between $6.2-6.8 million for the 2016 season.

Wood was not able to keep his starting job and was moved to the…