As expected, Jenrry Mejia, Dillon Gee, Daniel Murphy, Lucas Duda and Ruben Tejada were among the 172 players who filed for salary arbitration on Tuesday.
MLB teams now have until Friday to submit their bids for each player, although keep in mind both sides can still negotiate before their arbitration hearings and agree to a deal. I expect that to be the case for all five players. Salary arbitration hearings are held during the first three weeks of February.
MLB Trade Rumors posted their arbitration projections as follows:
- Daniel Murphy, $8.3MM
- Dillon Gee, $5.1MM
- Ruben Tejada, $1.7MM
- Lucas Duda, $4.3MM
- Jenrry Mejia, $3.1MM
The Mets avoided arbitration with right-hander Bobby Parnell last week, agreeing to a one-year contract worth $3.7 million. That was the same salary he earned for 2014.
