Entering the offseason, the Tampa Bay Rays roster included nine arbitration eligible players but after a series of recent decisions made by the front office that number now stands at just six. Mike Zunino, Jesus Aguilar, and Matt Duffy were projected to make a combined 10.3M in arbitration this offseason, but the Rays cut that number in half by releasing Jesus Aguilar and Matt Duffy and signing Zunino to a new deal.
Zunino, Aguilar, and Duffy had all been pegged as possible non-tender candidates since the dawn of this offseason and now the latter two will be searching for new homes prior to the beginning of the 2020 season.