With a Friday afternoon deadline to exchange figures for arbitration-eligible players, the Cincinnati Reds reached one-year deals with seven of those eight players: Yasiel Puig, Scooter Gennett, Tanner Roark, Michael Lorenzen, José Peraza, Anthony DeSclafani and Curt Casali. The club plans to go to an arbitration hearing next month with pitcher Alex Wood.
Major League Baseball imposed a 1 p.m. deadline for teams and players to avoid entering the arbitration process. Like most teams, the Reds employ a “file-and-trial” approach to Friday’s deadline, which means they won’t further negotiate a one-year deal.
Wood and the Reds each filed salary figures and an arbitrator will choose which salary to award after a hearing.