Here are some projected arbitration salaries for 2024 Cubs players

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty ImagesIt’s never too early to talk about “next year” when you’re a baseball team not in the postseason, and along those lines we now have the annual arbitration salary estimates from MLB Trade Rumors.

In the past, these estimates have proven to be pretty close to what players actually get, with the occasional exception.

So let’s take a look at the nine Cubs who will be arb-eligible for 2024. (In alphabetical order.)

Adbert Alzolay: $2.5 million

Sign on the dotted line, I’d say, for that kind of money Alzolay is well worth it, no matter what role he has (and I’d want him closing). He made $744,750 in 2023.

Nick Burdi: $800,000

Burdi threw pretty well at Triple-A Iowa…