Blue Jays 2016 Arbitration Predictions and Decisions

Matt Swartz and MLB Trade Rumours have published their annual predictions of arbitration salaries for all of the MLB arb-eligible players, including the nine Blue Jays who they identify as arb-eligible at the end of this season. I say the nine that they identify, as they do not include Darwin Barney on their list.

Their estimates (and mine, for Barney) are as follows:

Arb estimatesThe first decision that the Jays face relative to these ten players is whether to offer them arbitration at all, or whether to non-tender and release them. Non-tender is less common than offering arb, though it does happen. For example, in December 2014 the Jays non-tendered John Mayberry Jr., Andy Dirks and Justin…