The Atlanta Braves will have a December 2nd deadline to offer 2017 contracts to their controllable 40-man roster players, and those in the salary arbitration cycle will be of particular interest. 3 days afterwards, the Winter Meetings begin in Washington, D.C. – the prime time for off-season wheeling and dealing.
The Braves will have a few decision points to make in the run-up to that December 2nd deadline regarding some of their controllable players, and that’s where the MLBTR’s Salary Arbitration model comes into play today.
Their Matt Swartz has come up with a mathematical model based on service time and player performance rankings that attempts to guess what the salary number each arb-eligible player should be when they sign.