Another major deadline is coming up this offseason, this one being the deadline to tender arbitration eligible players. The Diamondbacks have 15 arbitration eligible players, projected to have a combined salary around $52M. With $62.5M in guaranteed contracts, that projects the Diamondbacks opening day payroll to be around $120M. Payroll won’t end up being at that high a number given the team has some non-tender candidates on the 40-man roster. The team operated with a payroll of $106M in 2017 and Derrick Hall stated there won’t be a significant increase in payroll.
These are some of the non-tender candidates:
RHP Shelby Miller ($4.