The Cubs signed five players Tuesday, but three others — pitchers Sean Marshall and Carlos Marmol and shortstop Ryan Theriot — filed numbers for salary arbitration.
Hearings for those three have yet to be scheduled and the cases may never reach an arbitrator. The Cubs have not had a player not settle before going into a hearing since Mark Grace in 1993.
The players who were signed Tuesday are infielders Mike Fontenot ($1 million) and Jeff Baker ($975,000), pitchers Angel Guzman ($825,000) and Tom Gorzelanny ($800,000) and catcher Koyie Hill ($700,000).
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