MLB Trade Rumors posted their arbitration predictions today. Daniel Murphy stands to be the biggest winner nearly doubling his 2013 salary to $5.8 million dollars.
Guaranteed Contracts
David Wright – $11.0 million (2013), $20.0 million
Jon Niese – $3.0 million (2013), $5.05 million
Arbitration 1
Dillon Gee – $527,375 (2013) $3.4 million
Ruben Tejada – $514,701 (2013), $1.0 million
Justin Turner – $504,547 (2013), $800,000
Eric Young Jr. – $492,000 (2013), $1.9 million
Lucas Duda – $504,000 (2013), $1.8 million
Arbitration 2
Ike Davis – $3.125M (2013), $3.5 million
Daniel Murphy – $2.925M (2013), $5.8 million
Bobby Parnell – $1.7M (2013), $3.2 million
Omar Quintanilla – $527,375 (2013), $900,000
Arbitration 3
Scott Atchison – $700,000 (2013), $1.3 million
Assuming each player is tendered and these arbitration estimations from MLB Trade Rumors are correct, that’s about $24.5 million in raises without adding any new players.
The total payroll for these 12 players comes to $48.7 million.
If you’re wondering what players could be non-tendered and added to the free agent pool this offseason after the non-tender deadline on December 2, here is a list from MLBTR.
