Cubs hurlers expected to be offered contracts

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CHICAGO — Friday is the deadline for teams to tender contracts to their arbitration eligible players, and the Cubs have four pitchers who fall in that category and who are expected to be offered contracts.

Jake Arrieta, Pedro Strop, Hector Rondon and Justin Grimm all are arbitration eligible. The deadline to tender a contract is 10:59 p.m. CT on Friday.

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After winning the National League Cy Young Award in 2015, Arrieta, 30, was paid $10.7 million in 2016, and he heads into his last year of arbitration once again in line for a significant raise. The right-hander went 18-8 with a 3.10 ERA in 31 starts in 2016, and he was 2-1 in the …

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