As the Hot Stove season starts in baseball, there are a few changes this year as a result of the new collective-bargaining agreement. In the past, a team who signed a a free agent who had received a qualifying offer from his previous team lost their first pick in next year’s draft, unless it was one of the first 10 picks in the draft. Those teams lost their second-round pick instead. This year, the compensation is more complicated although for the Cubs, it’s still pretty simple.
The Cubs made qualifying offers to pitchers Jake Arrieta and Wade Davis on Monday.