The deadline for teams to exchange arbitration figures with the players eligible for the process is tomorrow at 11 am, Arizona time. It doesn’t necessarily mean a great deal: doing so doesn’t commit either side to going through the process, with an agreement capable of being reached up to the very door of the arbitration hearing. However, it appears to be the case of late that teams have adopted what MLB Trade Rumors calls a ‘file and trial” approach: “halting negotiations on one-year contracts once figures have been exchanged and simply going to a hearing at that point.
Arizona Diamondbacks avoid arbitration with John Ryan Murphy
