Major League Baseball's next offseason deadline is fast approaching. Prior to 7:00 p.m. CT on Thursday, January 8, teams and their arbitration-eligible players, who they have agreed to tender contracts to for the 2026 season, have to exchange salary figures (the deadline to agree to contracts is 12:00 p.m. CT on the same day). If the players and their teams can't agree on contracts prior to the deadline, and can't reach an agreement in the weeks after the deadline passes, the two parties turn to third-party arbitrators to determine what the players' salary will be for the upcoming season.
Previewing the Milwaukee Brewers' 2026 arbitration cases
