TORONTO -- The Blue Jays could be headed for an arbitration hearing with Marcus Stroman after the two sides did not reach an agreement before Friday's deadline to exchange salary figures.
Toronto avoided arbitration with Aaron Loup ($1.125 million), Darwin Barney (2,887,500) and Ezequiel Carrera ($1,162,500) but could not find common ground with Stroman. The 25-year-old right-hander is seeking $3.4 million through arbitration and the Blue Jays have countered with $3.1 million.
If the two sides cannot reach a compromise, an indepedent arbitrator will allow each party to make its case and then pick one of the two numbers as Stroman's salary for 2017.