Angels News: Halos Avoid Arbitration With Multiple Players Ahead of Deadline
Friday is the deadline for MLB's arbitration-eligible players to reach deals with their respective teams for the upcoming season. If they're unable to reach an agreement, they would head to arbitration, where an independent arbiter would decide on the player salaries for next season.
The Angels currently have eight arbitration-eligible players, thanks to two trades the team made this offseason.
As of now, they've agreed to deals with five players to avoid arbitration. Here's each deal thus far:
Patrick Sandoval: $2.75 million
Taylor Ward: $2.75 million
Jared Walsh: $2.65 million
Jaime Barria: $1.05 million
Griffin Canning: $850 thousand
The Angels still have three more players — Luis Rengifo, Gio Urshela and Hunter Renfroe — who are arbitration-eligible.
They remain without a deal for Rengifo, Urshela and Renfroe, and are likely headed to arbitration with all of them.
Jon Heyman reported that Renfroe filed at $11.9 million, while the Angels filed at $11.25 million. If they can't reach a deal soon, it'll be up to an independent arbiter.
With Urshela, they were even farther apart. Urshela filed at $10 million, while the Angels filed at $8.4 million.
There's been no word at Rengifo yet, but we'll update you if/when it comes.
Last week, I wrote an article about the projections for each arbitration-eligible player for the Angels. You can read it here. While the Angels did get some deals on a few of the players, they also ended up spending a little more than anticipated on others. It'll be interesting to see what their final payroll is at when this is all said and done.
