With revenue losses expected to result in reduced payrolls around baseball, a larger number of players than usual are expected to be let go by their current teams by tonight’s 7pm CT non-tender deadline. Some of these players could end up re-signing with their teams for salaries below what they were projected (by MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz) to earn through the arbitration process, or teams could end up simply opting to explore other options…with many of those options arriving on the market through this same non-tender process.
You can track all of the arbitration and non-tender activity here, and we’ll also run through the list of National League players who have been let go in this post.
- Southpaw Tyler Anderson was cut loose by the Giants, per MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand (via Twitter). The 30-year-old had a high-variability arbitration situation this year after turning in a solid bounceback effort in San Francisco. Anderson ended the season with 59 2/3 innings of 4.37 ERA ball, with 6.2 K/9 against 3.8 BB/9. The club also non-tendered infielder Daniel Robertson, Tim Dierkes of MLBTR tweets, as well as righties Melvin Adon and Rico Garcia, and catcher Chadwick Tromp, per Kerry Crowley of the Bay Area News Group.
Earlier Non-Tenders
- The Cardinals non-tendered righty John Brebbia and outfielder Rangel Ravelo, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch tweets. Brebbia had played a significant role in the St. Louis pen for his first three MLB campaigns but is still recovering from mid-2020 Tommy John surgery.
- Right-handed reliever Clay Holmes has been non-tendered by the Pirates, Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was among those to cover on Twitter. The 27-year-old hurler made it into just one MLB contest in 2020 owing to a forearm injury.
- The Marlins have decided not to tender a contract to righty Ryne Stanek, Craig Mish of Sports Grid first tweeted. He joins fellow right-hander Jose Urena in departing via non-tender. (Urena had already been designated for assignment.) Stanek, 29, struggled with the free pass in limited action this year but has been a quality, high-strikeout arm in the past and could be an interesting name to watch on the open market.
- In addition to Shreve, the Mets announced the non-tenders of righties Ariel Jurado, Paul Sewald, and Nick Tropeano.
- The Mets will not tender a contract to left-handed reliever Chasen Shreve, Robert Murray of FanSided tweets. Shreve performed reasonably well in 2020, logging a 3.96 ERA/3.99 FIP with 12.24 K/9 and 4.32 BB/9 in 25 innings, but the Mets will nonetheless move on instead of paying him around $1MM in arbitration.
- The Padres won’t tender a contract to infielder Greg Garcia, reports Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune (Twitter link). Garcia, 31, posted a woeful .200/.279/.250 batting line in 2020, albeit in a tiny sample of 71 plate appearances. In parts of two seasons with the Friars, he slashed .240/.351/.337, but the team opted not to give him a raise on last year’s $1.5MM salary.
- The Reds have non-tendered outfielder Brian Goodwin, he announced on Twitter (hat tip to Mark Sheldon of MLB.com). Goodwin, whom the Reds acquired from the Angels over the summer, slashed .215/.299/.417 with six home runs and five stolen bases over 164 plate appearances between the teams in 2020. He was due to earn a projected $2.7MM to $3.6MM in arbitration.
- The Cubs have told Jose Martinez he isn’t being tendered a contract, ESPN.com’s Jesse Rogers reports (Twitter link). Acquired from the Rays in a deadline deal, Martinez went hitless over 22 plate appearances with Chicago, only reaching base once on a walk. The 32-year-old mashed for the Cardinals from 2016-18, but delivered closer to league-average production in 2019 with St. Louis and with the Rays last season prior to the trade.
Martinez a wasted 2020 pickup!
Martinez seems like a good Asian league pickup.
Definitely seems like someone that should give the KBO a shot if there’s interest
He’s more of an NPB pick up than a KBO signing as he’d probably want more than $ 1 million.
Why are you always so worried would the cubs and not the white sox?
Have you ever said anything about your team or do you only deuce all over the cubs?
Almost as good of a pickup as Nomar Mazara!
That wraps up Martinez amazing career with the Cubs! .
Props to Theo for giving up something decent to get him too!
Pedro Martinez was a huge come up for the Rays.
Again I ask where is the dumpster diving’ Theo commenter? I suppose it’s best he’s at bay though
Its almost impressive that he somehow didn’t get a hit and only got on base once in 22 PA’s.
especially given his previous track record
Waiting with bated breath for the ‘dumpster ricin’ Theo’ commenter
Divin*
Martinez the perfect example!
Ol’ Dumpster Divin’ Ricketts!
I’m pretty sure every fanbase accuses their team’s management of dumpster divin’.
Ol’ Dumpster Divin’ C-Daddy!
Guilty as charged (I am a raccoon).
C-Daddy, how do you tour so well with those tiny little paws ?
That title belongs to Dan Duquette. 3 Rule 5 players in the same year, all during a ‘window’.
If you bother to read these comments then YOU are dumpster divin
Ha! Amen to that!!!
What a weird and short career for Jose Martinez, becomes a good player out of thin air like a lot of Cardinals and then disappears just as quickly.
that batting stance and approach was not substanable long term.
I mean, batting stance wise he reminds me of guys like Vlad Sr. And Gary Sheffield who both had quite long careers so I don’t think that had a big impact on his downfall
True. It’s all about where the bat is when the ball is in the zone. Julio Franco did pretty well.
He could very well rebound next season. However, he and his terrible defense are too risky for an NL club to tender a contract without knowing the DH situation for next season.
He had a tremendous stint with the cubs. Back to boring ol st Louis he goes. Although non-tendering Kolten Wong for 8mil probably isn’t a good thing for Martinez who would’ve got 2-4 mil and honestly probably less.
So much of what you wrote is incorrect.
1. He was terrible with the Cubs.
2. Wong’s option was declined, not non-tendered.
3. It was for $12.5m.
4. Wong and Martinez have nothing to do with each other.
Sarcasm man. I know he was terrible. I wasn’t sure about wong tbh. I just know he’s a Free agent now. My point with Martinez going back to st Louis and them just declining 12.5mil. It shows they aren’t likely to spend that much money. Martinez is hardly worth 2-4 mil.
The only way he stays in the nl is for the dh to be permanent.
Cubs thought $2.1 million was to pricy for Martinez, there is a good chance Martinez only gets offered a minor league contracts only this offseason even if the NL brings back the DH.
Nightengale is saying Cubs are non-tendering Almora and Kyle. Bryant will be tendered.
Are you disappointed in your son?
Hard to believe how fast Schwarber’s stock has fallen.
Well, he hit .188. It’s not surprising.
Probably going to get a one year, $3M deal somewhere and hope that the economic outlook improves over the next 12 months.
Oh the “bargains” that are going to be out there next week.
Yes, ur boy is awful!!!
Schwarber Non-Tendered??! NOOOOOO!!!! Bu-Bu-Bu-But he hit a home run on top of a scoreboard once, 6 years ago!!!!!!
Yea he did idiot 5 years ago. Then 4 years ago he it .400 in the World Series including the leadoff hit in the 10th inning to win the world series!!!
Remember how pissed off you were then! How you cried to your mommy!. hahaha
Oh Chitown … Carlos Rodon was non tendered by the ChiSox!. He was picked one spot ahead of Scwarber!. Hahaha
Schwarber helped the Cubs win the world series!. Ouch that stings you. Haha.
What did Rodon do for the White Sox?
Haha in your face!. Haha
Wow Martinez is 32!? I just assumed he was young at like 27
I wouldn’t mind a Goodwin reunion. We need somebody to keep the seat warm for Adell and Marsh while they get some needed AAA time. Upton isn’t getting any younger or better on the grass, either.
I agree regarding Goodwin. I’m a fan though I know there are some on this site that are not.
I could see this happening. The Angels seemed to like him and he performed pretty decently when he was there. Was somewhat surprised they traded him. Good potential insurance for JUpton and the young outfielders.
Didn’t Perry sign a 4th OF his first week on the job?
Who?
The Mets are very thin in terms of LH relievers right now. I’ll be interested to see how they address that with all of their other roster needs & the pile of relievers they already have under contract.
Idk how a pitcher like Sewald (as of now) stays but Shreve gets cut. Maybe they are thinking bigger like signing Hand.
Apparently Sewald was non-tendered as well.
Who decided Zamora is better than Shreve. Has to be a non baseball person. Especially at only $1 mill. So they save $400K for a minor leaguer at best.
Matz out of the pen? UGH!
At least his contract isn’t guaranteed and he can be released for a minimal cost.
Could see Shreve going to the A’s…
I was afraid the Mets would non-tender Shreve. Hopefully they can work out a contract for less AAV. Thought he pitched well enough to have a role in the 2021 pen.
I’m quite surprised the Mets non-tendered Shreve, especially with their lack of additional left handed relief pitching. He was pretty good last year and almost seemed like a bargain on what he was due in arbitration.
Were they projecting $1M in arbitration for Shreve? So they keep Seward but let Shreve go? And Wilson is a free agent? Do they think they will convert Matz to a relief pitcher? I thought Matz had a chance for non-tender. He is for the Mets what Folty was for the Braves. I hope Brad Hand signs with the Mets tomorrow so this makes some sense.
Yeah I thought Matz was as good as done in NY. Would like Shreve to come back but they did cut Sewald along with others.
Yeah, tendering Matz a contract at over $5 million while non-tendering Shreve at around $1 million just makes no sense to me. I’d take Shreve as a RP over Matz now, nevermind as a SP.
Remember back when everybody thought Jose Martinez was the centerpiece going back to the Rays in the Liberatore for Martinez/Arozarena trade?
Arozarena was the player the rays wanted. Not everybody thought Martinez was the centerpiece.
Fair enough, maybe not everybody. But I do remember quite a few people complaining about the trade from the Rays point of view. Nobody could have predicted the type of breakout Arozarena had, of course, but it’s funny to look back on certain trades and see how much the consensus on it can shift as time goes on.
One hour to go.
Come on hoyer.non tender bryant and become the patron saint of all the gms in baseball.
The very,very overrated theo epstein left you this mess that he didn’t want to own up to.so he resigned and slipped out the back door.
Allot of player agents are sweating on this decision.
I get why SD non-tendered Greg Garcia since Jorge Mateo is cheaper, faster, and out of options (although we don’t know if he can hit at all yet) but Garcia is a solid LH bench depth piece.
Between that and not picking up Moreland’s option San Diego really needs a LH bench bat, but I guess they saved like ~5 million by getting rid of those guys so hopefully they can put that to good use.
I feel like they should have brought back Moreland even while not knowing whether there would be a DH in the NL in 2021 or not. At $3 million for one year, he could have provided value both as a backup 1B and pinch hitter, and also could have served as a veteran team
leader on a young up-and-coming club.
Tyler Anderson wasn’t solid by any means and FIP, xFIP and SIERA surely explain that.
I don’t mind them non-tendering Anderson, but don’t understand them tendering Gott. Between the two, I would much rather have Anderson, even if it means him pitching in relief. Or, I could see them non-tendering both. But Gott was the single biggest factor in the Giants not making it to the PS. I don’t understand what they see in Gott.
Giants replace Anderson with Stanek
Can’t believe the Giants tendered Gott! Ugh. Hopefully we’ll pick up Bradley, Hand or Hendriks
It is extremely strange that Gott was tendered a contract when Archie Bradley, Matt Wisler and Brad Hand were non-tendered.
I thought that was strange too. Could be a multitude of reasons behind the decision that are undisclosed to anyone outside the organization, but recent production would indicate, IMO, a non-tender.
Honestly I am more surprised that tromp and adon weren’t, unless they are in talks to just bring them back. Adon is one of those guys that seems like he needs a little more time and exposure and if you are non tendering tromp I guess it means you are looking at keeping Bart on the 25 man and not sending him back for more development.
Bugsby should get some serious consideration from the pirates and Mets atleast
In theory, non tendering toughens them up, no?
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Unless it breaks you altogether and murders your soul.
If a player is 30 or more, arbitration should not apply. This is one of the many things that players have every right to be frustrated about.