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Projected Super Two Cutoff For 2012

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | April 5, 2012 at 11:20am CDT

The cutoff for super two players after the 2012 season will be two years and 134 days of service time, according to preliminary internal studies by CAA (Twitter link). A year ago this time the agency correctly anticipated that the 2011 cutoff would be two years and 146 days of service time.

This would be good news for players such as Josh Thole, Chris Johnson, Michael Saunders, Tyler Colvin, Sam Fuld, Esmil Rogers, Drew Storen and Mark Melancon. They'll project as super twos this coming offseason, assuming they accrue a full year of service in 2012 and the CAA projection is accurate.

Super two status entitles certain players to four years of arbitration eligibility, rather than the usual three. In other words, they'll earn more than their peers. Under baseball's new collective bargaining agreement, 22% of players qualify as super twos. This represents an increase from 17% and helps explain why the cutoff is lower than it was a year ago.

Jonathan Lucroy would qualify as a super two if the cutoff falls at 2.134. If he qualifies, he'll earn an additional $2MM over the course of the extension he recently signed. 

The following players will finish the season with less than two years and 134 days of service time: Carlos Santana, Justin Smoak, Danny Valencia, Michael Brantley, Jordan Schafer, Giancarlo Stanton, Madison Bumgarner, Stephen Strasburg, Daniel Hudson, Dan Runzler, Andrew Cashner and Alexi Ogando. They don't project as super twos, so their teams may only have to worry about going through the arbitration process three times.

I looked ahead to some upcoming first-time arbitration eligible players earlier in the year.

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  1. User 4245925809

    13 years ago

    Storen might hurt the Nats some, outside shot of Melencon if he ends up being the closer for Boston, but the main ones would have liked to see as Super 2’s didn’t qualify.. Strassburg, Stanton, Bumgarner would all more than likely done well.

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  2. Kjbav1611

    13 years ago

    Giancarlo??? He will change that back to Mike one day.

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  3. Sean Palmateer

    13 years ago

    How does service time work when the player is on the 60-day DL? Fuld is supposed to miss at least a few months.

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    • User 4245925809

      13 years ago

       Still counts as service time, same with Strassburg and his TJ recoup injury time.

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      • Sean Palmateer

        13 years ago

        Okay, makes sense. Thanks.

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