Yesterday afternoon marked the deadline for players and their teams to come to salary agreements before facing arbitration. The Texas Rangers had just two arbitration eligible players– Nomar Mazara and Delino DeShields.
For the 19th straight season, the Rangers avoided arbitration hearings by inking Mazara to a one-year, $3.3 million contract, and DeShields to a one-year, $1.4 million contract.
According to Dallas Morning News’ Evan Grant, the dollar amounts were lower than what was projected by MLB trade rumors:
Both figures are slightly below what @mlbtraderumors had projected for the duo this winter.