According to Bob Nightengale, the Internet’s least reliable baseball source, the Giants have agreed to a 1-year, $4.225 million deal with closer/lefty reliever Will Smith, who was in the final year of arbitration eligibility. This means the Giants avoid a “file and trial” scenario wherein the team would have to present to an arbitration panel why he deserves to make less than the figure he and his team submitted.
MLB Trade Rumors had projected him to earn $4.1 million in arbitration, so this is another boon to their projection system; but, more importantly, this strengthens the Giants’ hand when it comes to trade scenarios.