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156 Players File For Salary Arbitration

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The Major League Baseball Players Association announced today that 156 players have filed for salary arbitration. Players and teams will formally exchange arbitration figures on Friday, and in the five to six weeks that follow, dozens of agreements will be reached. Players and teams that are unable to find a middle ground will head to arbitration hearings in mid to late February, and, on the flip-side of things, some will hammer out multi-year deals in order to avoid the process in the future (possibly even extending the contract into would-be free agent years).

We’re keeping track of all of the arbitration settlements in the 2016 version of MLBTR’s annual Arbitration Tracker (bear in mind that some agreements have already happened) and will continue to do so as each case is resolved, whether by one-year agreement, multi-year deal or hearing. Here’s a team-by-team rundown of the players that filed for arbitration, with each player’s service time in parenthesis in addition to MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz’s projected salary for each.

AL West

Angels

Astros

Athletics

Mariners

Rangers

AL Central

Indians

Royals

Tigers

Twins

White Sox

AL East

Blue Jays

Orioles

Rays

Red Sox

Yankees

NL West

Diamondbacks

Dodgers

Giants

Padres

Rockies

NL Central

Brewers

Cardinals

Cubs

Pirates

Reds

NL East

Braves

Marlins

Mets

Nationals

Phillies

For more information on the arbitration process in general, readers can refer to our breakdown of Arbitration Basics. For those who wish to garner more insight into Swartz’s projection model, check out his explanation of the model and its limitations as well as MLBTR’s Arbitration Breakdown series, in which Swartz examines some unique cases that might leave the model more susceptible to inaccuracy than a standard arbitration case. 

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  1. Leonys Martin at $3.75m is the first name/figure that stands out. 310 PA last year, never hit .275 or 10 homers in a season. Had a good amount of steals in his pre-platform years…that’s about it numbers-wise. (Though he did have over 100 strike outs each year, which looks pretty terrible for a non-power hitting CF.) I’d be shocked if he cracks $3m. Wouldn’t be surprised if the Mariners file at under $2m and win a hearing against him if has as inflated a sense of his arbitration value as the model does.

    • Martin already earned $3.75MM in 2015 as part of the five-year, $15.5MM contract he signed out of Cuba. Players almost never get pay cuts in arbitration, and the maximum cut allowed would be 20 percent of his salary. He’s guaranteed to make at least $3MM at least.

      I don’t want to speak definitively for Matt, but I *believe* the $3.75MM projection is a reflection of the fact that his production isn’t necessarily worthy of a raise, but arbitration-eligible players just don’t really get pay cuts, either.

      • It seems like it would be more prudent for them to consider the AAV of a contract, rather than the value of its final year, which is kind of an arbitrary (pun intended) figure.

  2. Huh… not sure why but I for some reason I thought Donaldson had more service time or was under a team friendly contract. So my guess is the Jays counter with $9.5MM and they settle somewhere around $10.5MM.

  3. I love seeing the M’s have the lowest arbitration other than teams that are obviously tanking. If they surprise everyone and have a solid year, they could have some extra money to play with if the right names become available near the deadline.

  4. profar hasn’t played in 2 seasons but wants a pay raise equal to 4 times his salary in 2015 !

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