With 1pm Friday being the deadline for teams and players to submit their figures for arbitration, we should see plenty of settlements before that time. The Washington Nationals have previously tried to settle before the deadline, so expect the same again today.
This isn’t the case for every team, for example, the Boston Red Sox appear to be going for a trial-and-file approach. So while the Red Sox would like to settle on a deal before the deadline, they’re happy to go through the arbitration process regardless.
The Nats actually got a headstart on proceedings by settling with Joe Ross for $1 million on Thursday evening, with the dollar figure reported by Robert Murray of The Athletic.