I’ve been talking a lot in my last two article about the Rays thirteen arbitration eligible players and their 2018 salaries. I estimated the total figure for the thirteen would come in at about $35 million. Yesterday, more definitive figures came in from Tim Dierkens of MLBtraderumors.com and it looks like I wasn’t far off. His total for the thirteen was $41.4 million.
Dierkens numbers came in at $35 million for the ten I would tender and $6.4 for the three possible non-tenders. Jake Odorizzi leads the four scheduled to make $5 million or more at $6.