As the expiration of the CBA between Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association approaches one of the points being discussed is a change to the way that arbitration is settled.
In a piece written by Jeff Passan at ESPN.com details MLB’s proposal at tying arbitration pay to fWAR from FanGraphs.
The MLB proposal would pay players based on their career fWAR earned with a rate based on their arbitration level. In a player’s first year of arbitration they would earn $580,000 per fWAR. This would rise to $770,000 per fWAR in their second trip through arbitration.