December 2, was the deadline for the New York Yankees and all the other major league teams to tender arbitration-eligible players an offer to play in the 2021 baseball season. The Yankees chose to tender catcher Gary Sanchez, Luis Cessa, and Ben Heller. They did not offer a contract to Jonathan Holder who is now a free agent.
The Yankees as well as all the other teams chose what players they would let walk, some were a bit surprising. Among those are
David Dahl, 27, OF
Dahl’s non-tender was the biggest surprise of Wednesday’s bunch of non-tender releases, as he was an All-Star in 2019 and was due to make under $3 million in arbitration.