It has been two weeks since the Los Angeles Dodgers were crowned World Series champions. The MLB offseason is now underway, with managerial vacancies being filled and free agency just starting.
For the Dodgers, they saw seven players from their 40-man roster reach the open market the morning after the World Series concluded. An eighth member in Jimmy Nelson then joined the group after his club option for the 2021 season was declined.
As for players eligible for salary arbitration this winter, the Dodgers’ list is comprised of Austin Barnes, Cody Bellinger, Walker Buehler, Dylan Floro, Corey Seager and Julio Urias.
Below are their projected 2020 arbitration salaries, courtesy of MLB Trade Rumors:
Scott Alexander: $1.0MM / $1.2MM / $1.0MM
Austin Barnes: $1.4MM / $1.7MM / $1.3MM
Cody Bellinger: $11.5MM / $15.9MM / $13.1MM
Walker Buehler: $2.3MM / $3.1MM / $2.3MM
Dylan Floro: $900K / $1.2MM / $900K
Corey Seager: $9.3MM / $15.0MM / $10.4MM
Julio Urias: $1.6MM / $3.0MM / $1.7MM
Due to the uncertainties with salary arbitration this year as a result of the abbreviated 60-game schedule, MLBTR has provided three different projections for each player.
The first is based off the players’ actual statistics from the 2020 season. The second projection extrapolates all counting stats to would-be 162-game totals. The third projection finds the raise players would get in a normal season, then adds a 37% raise on top of that.
Bellinger is slated to make the most of the Dodgers group with a salary that ranges from $11.5 million to $15.9 million. Last year, he earned $11.5 million, which broke Kris Bryant’s MLB record for a first-year arbitration-eligible player.
Seager, fresh off earning MVP honors in the National League Championship Series and World Series, is another who’s projected salary could land anywhere in a big range.
Buehler, who also stood out on baseball’s biggest stage, is expected to receive a raise as well.
Salary arbitration deadline, Dodgers’ last hearing
The Dodgers now essentially have until January to hammer out new deals with the aforementioned players, or else salary figures will be exchanged by both sides later that month. Arbitration hearings would then be held in February.
The Dodgers could not reach agreements with Pedro Baez and Joc Pederson last winter, and both players’ salaries were settled in arbitration trials. It was the club’s first hearings since reliever Joe Beimel in 2007.
Baez won his case, while Pederson did not. The two are among the Dodgers’ group of free agents this offseason.
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