With the new year comes a new focus, and while the Dodgers remain involved on the free agent and trading front, the offseason will shortly become consumed with salary arbitration.
The Dodgers have six players eligible for salary arbitration this winter — catcher Yasmani Grandal, first baseman and outfielder Darin Ruf, and pitchers Alex Wood, Josh Fields, Luis Avilan and Vidal Nuño. The club already came to terms with fellow arbitration-eligible players Chris Hatcher and Scott Van Slyke, signing both to one-year deals on Dec. 1, one day before the deadline to tender contracts for 2017.