Today was the deadline for teams and players to exchange salary figures for the upcoming season. If the two sides can’t reach a deal, then both sides will have to go in the front of three-person panel arbitration committee. Three Astros players agreed to deals to avoid arbitration today, via Jake Kaplan.
There were eight players who were arbitration eligible, including Nori Aoki who already agreed to a $5.5 million dollar deal earlier. This was not a list of nobodies, it included 2015 Cy Young winner Dallas Keuchel.