The non-tender deadline is set for tonight at 8pm E.T. This signifies the point at which a team must cut a player or pursue arbitration. The Los Angeles Dodgers took the third route available- coming to an agreement with the Scott Van Slyke and Chris Hatcher independently of the arbitration process.
While several players head towards arbitration, the Dodgers started the process by signing Van Slyke to an early, one year deal.
Scott Van Slyke gets $1.325M on 1-year deal to avoid arbitration with Dodgers, source tells SBN.
— Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) December 1, 2016
They continued the process by signing Chris Hatcher to a similar one year deal.