Today was the deadline to tender contracts to arbitration-eligible players and here’s what the Cubs did:
Codi Heuer, Ethan Roberts and Brandon Hughes all missed time over the last couple of years with various injuries. All have talent and all are still relatively young — Heuer is 27, Roberts 26 and Hughes turns 28 in a couple of weeks — so it would not surprise me to see all three re-signed by the Cubs on minor-league deals with non-roster invites to Spring Training.
The Cubs’ other six arbitration-eligible players — Adbert Alzolay, Mark Leiter Jr., Nick Madrigal, Julian Merryweather, Justin Steele and Mike Tauchman — have all been tendered contracts for the 2024 season.