While we wait for Wednesday’s Game 3 of the NL Division Series vs. the Brewers, let’s change things up for a moment and look ahead to next year.

Now, this doesn’t mean that I am giving up on the NLDS!

But Tuesday, MLB Trade Rumors came out with their annual list of projected arbitration salaries for 2026, so I figured with an off day in the NLDS today, it would be a good time to take a look at what they’ve got for the arb-eligible Cubs.

The Cubs’ current 40-man roster has only four players who are arb-eligible for next year. First, that makes this a pretty short article. Second, the decisions should be pretty easy here, and it’s entirely possible all of this is done for the Cubs well ahead of any arb hearings.

Here they are in alphabetical order, with MLBTR’s projection.

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