The deadline for the Astros‘ front office and players to reach agreement or file their salary figures for arbitration have come and gone. Houston was able to reach agreement with seven of the ten eligible players. That leaves three players at odds with management and will most likely be headed to arbitration in February.
Astros assistant GM Brandon Taubman said "in the absence of any more information, I do believe" Gerrit Cole, Carlos Correa and Chris Devenski will all go to arbitration hearings. Astros are a file-and-trial club.
Houston is known to be a “file and trial” organization.