MONEY MATTERS

The Cubs have been conspicuously inactive this winter because of budget constraints, and they aren’t expected to add a high-profile player. Here is the list of 2019 salary obligations to 22 players under contract after signing all seven arbitrationeligible players* Friday:

LHP Jon Lester $22.5 million

OF Jason Heyward $20 million

RHP Yu Darvish $20 million

LHP Cole Hamels $20 million

3B Kris Bryant* $12.9 million

RHP Tyler Chatwood $12.5 million

IF/OF Ben Zobrist $12 million

1B Anthony Rizzo $11 million

LHP Jose Quintana $10.5 million

RHP Brandon Morrow $9 million

RHP Kyle Hendricks* $7.405 million

RHP Steve Cishek $6.5 million

RHP Pedro Strop $6.25 million

SS/2B Javy Baez* $5.2 million

RHP Brandon Kintzler $5 million

LHP Brian Duensing $3.5 million

SS Addison Russell* $3.4 million

LF Kyle Schwarber* $3.39 million

LHP Mike Montgomery* $2.44 million

RHP Carl Edwards Jr.* $1.5 million

IF/OF Daniel Descalso $1.5 million

RHP Kendall Graveman $575,000**

Total $197.06 million

Pre-arbitration players of note (less than $1 million each): C Willson Contreras, CF Albert Almora Jr., IF/OF Ian Happ, C Victor Caratini, LHP Randy Rosario, RHP Alec Mills, RHP James Norwood, RHP Dillon Maples, IF David Bote.

**One day on the active roster makes the guaranteed base $2 million. Graveman is rehabbing from Tommy John surgery and is not expected to pitch this season (his contract has a $3 million club option for 2020).