Entering 2018, the Atlanta Braves had just 5 arbitration-eligible players on the books and the maximum estimate salary from that year was $3.7 million… and that number (for Arodys Vizcaino) ended up being signed for just $3.4 million.
Coming into this just-finished 2019 season, 8 players were in the arbitration barrel with three of them estimated to exceed that prior high mark of $3.4 million… including Vizcaino.
Kevin Gausman ended up at the high-water mark here at $9.35 million, exceeding his estimate by $150K.
Now we come to the 2019-2020 off-season with nine Braves players potentially needing raises via the arbitration system.