In October, MLB Trade Rumors published their always-accurate arbitration estimates for the different eligible players around the league. I took a look here, and since then, we’ve already said goodbye to Tim Federowicz. He was a fantastic Giant, leading the team in slugging percentage and OPS, and he deserves a better chance. The Giants weren’t gonna pay him $1.3 million, though.
Something has changed since that early look at possible arbitration salaries, though. Since then, the buzzword of the offseason has been luxury tax. Luxury tax luxury tax luxury tax. Can’t tax a luxury tax tax without a taxed luxury to tax luxuriously.