The extravagant, high-flying This offseason, the Philadelphia Phillies have a few financial decisions to make. Their focus will be on their arbitration-eligible players prior to the non-tender deadline, having already extended a qualifying offer to Aaron Nola and all but let go of Rhys Hoskins. Will they reach into their extremely deep pockets and spend the money necessary to keep them, or will they let any of them go? This is a brief overview of the Phillies arbitration and non-tendering process, including important dates and players that will be negotiating this offseason.
Major dates for MLB salary arbitration
Jan. 12: By this date, teams and players must exchange wage information. If they want to avoid arbitration hearings, they can decide on a figure at any moment before January 29.
If a pay agreement cannot be reached, teams and players will undergo arbitration hearings from January 29 to February 6.
After completing three years of MLB service, players are eligible for arbitration. They can also negotiate their salary with their teams throughout this period, which lasts until their sixth year. By January 12th, both the player and his team must submit bids. If a deal cannot be reached, arbitration hearings will take place between January 29 and February 6th. A panel of arbitrators takes a team or player numerical side in a hearing. A player may choose to be non-tendered or traded rather than get a contract if a team decides they are not interested in keeping him.
The standard arb-eligible rule does not apply to Super Two arbitration eligibility. A player who has played in MLB for less than three years is eligible for the Super Two if his service time is in the top 22% of all players with two to three years of service.
Which Phillies have arbitration eligibility?
Ranger Suarez
Alec Bohm
Gregory Soto
Jeff Hoffman
Jake Cave
Edmundo Sosa
Dylan Covey
Garrett Stubbs
Rangers Suarez and Alec Bohm, in particular, who easily earned a few additional million dollars based on their achievements this season, could all expect raises if they are retained by the Phillies. All players eligible for arbitration this year should anticipate receiving raises. A mere $3 million more for Suarez and $4 million more for Bohm, according to Spotrac, would put Philadelphia’s estimated spending for the upcoming season well above the $237 million luxury tax ceiling—Bryce Harper and Trea Turner alone alone will cost the team more than $60 million. Ace Aaron Nola has already received a qualifying offer from them, but they anticipate losing all five of their free agents, which would free up additional funds for their arb-eligible players.
The deadline for non-tenders is when?
A player becomes a free agent on November 17th if clubs choose not to tender him. All of the Phillies’ arbitration-eligible players were kept by the team last year, but according to MLB Trade Rumors, Garrett Stubbs, Edmundo Sosa, Jake Cave, and Dylan Covey may not be tendered this season.
Which Phillies did not receive a tender offer?
No Phillies have been non-tendered as of November 14. If a player gets traded or is not tendered, this post will be updated.