The Los Angeles Dodgers avoided arbitration with Cody Bellinger, Kiké Hernandez, Corey Seager, Ross Stripling and Julio Urias ahead of Friday’s deadline to exchange salary figures.
Notable omissions from the group are Pedro Baez, Max Muncy, Joc Pederson and Chris Taylor, all of whom appear poised to head to have an arbitration hearing. The Dodgers historically have a file-and-trial stance, but conceivably could continue negotiating with the quartet prior to reaching a hearing in February.
Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman has avoided arbitration thus far in his tenure with the team. The Dodgers’ last hearing was with Joe Beimel in 2007.