The Toronto Blue Jays have a trio of decisions looming with Aaron Loup, Darwin Barney, and Ezequiel Carrera. December 2nd is the deadline for teams to tender contracts to arbitration-eligible, and while Marcus Stroman’s projected $3.5 million salary is a no-brainer, the other three are not complete locks.
Major League Baseball’s CBA negotiations play a role in this, too. If the incoming CBA includes rosters expanded to 26 players, as has been reported as a legitimate possibility, then the likelihood of these three being tendered contracts increases significantly.
Loup benefits from addressing one of the Blue Jays’ biggest roster needs as a left-handed reliever, so his projected salary of $1.