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12 non-tender candidates that might surprise you
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By Mark Feinsand @feinsand 1:59 AM EDT
As four teams prepare for the League Championship Series, the other 26 have
gotten a head start on their offseason programs. Free agency begins five days
after the World Series concludes, and while we know which players are headed
for the open market, there will be more joining the fray on Dec. 2, the date
by which teams must tender contracts to players under club control on
non-guaranteed deals.
Each year, some notable names are non-tendered, thrusting more talent into
the free-agent market. Usually, it’s because the salary they are likely to
receive via arbitration potentially outweighs their production. Last year,
that group of players included Billy Hamilton, Jonathan Schoop, Avisaíl Garc
ía, James McCann and Mike Fiers. Who could find themselves in that situation
this winter? Here’s a look at 12 potential non-tender candidates (listed
alphabetically):
1) Greg Bird, 1B, Yankees
The oft-injured first baseman agreed to a $1.2 million deal last year, the
first of his three arbitration-eligible seasons. Bird played in only 10 games
for the Yankees this season, and given the arbitration raises due to James
Paxton, Tommy Kahnle, Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez and Chad Green this coming
offseason, the Yankees could decide they’ve seen enough of the 26-year-old
who has topped the 48-game mark only once and never played more than 82 games
in a season.
2) Jackie Bradley Jr., OF, Red Sox
Bradley Jr. posted solid offensive seasons in 2015-16 (118 OPS+), but that
number has plummeted to 90 over the past three years since he became
arbitration-eligible. Bradley Jr. earned $8.55 million in '19, and with a
fourth-year arbitration number that should exceed $10 million, the Red Sox,
who are openly trying to reduce their payroll, could decide to go in a
different direction. Alternatively, the club could find a trade partner and
swap him for a player on a lower salary to achieve cost savings.
3) Maikel Franco, 3B, Phillies
There were 129 players in the Majors with 20 or more home runs in 2019