It was a busy day on Tuesday for the Tampa Bay Rays as the arbitration decision on starter Jake Odorizzi came down and they made the official announcement that they had signed Nathan Eovaldi.
Fantastic news for Odorizzi, however not so for the Rays who learned that Odorizzi had beaten them in arbitration and will earn $4.1 million that he pitched to the arbitrators on Monday. The Rays had countered with an offer of $3.825 when the sides met with the arbitrators.
The big question now is that Odorizzi holds the fifth highest salary on the Rays and with his big payday it could make him a trade candidate come this summer’s trade deadline.