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Wednesday brought the deadline for teams to tender contracts to their arbitration-eligible players. Doing so keeps the players under team control for the 2021 season, with a salary to be determined later, whereas non-tendering them makes them a free agent.
The Oakland A’s had 10 players eligible, and they tendered all 10 of them. Four already agreed to contracts with salary terms.
Most arbitration contracts aren’t guaranteed until nearly Opening Day, but Pinder’s is reported to be fully guaranteed.
That leaves six other players who received commitments but whose payouts are not yet settled.