One of the biggest points of contention in the last MLB-MLBPA labor negotiation was a desire on the part of the players to get more money to younger players, instead of making them wait until they became free agents.
The parties finally agreed on some money being allocated each year to what was termed the “pre-arb pool,” cash that was to be divided among players in several different ways.
This AP article details the method and the allocation among 103 players who were eligible for money from the pool:
An eligible player gets $2.