Ross Atkins and the Blue Jays won’t have to worry about arbitration this year, as they’ve avoided the process with all three of their potential candidates.
After agreeing to a one-year, 2.05 million dollar contract with Brandon Drury earlier in the week, the Jays managed to get deals done with both Ken Giles and Matt Shoemaker ahead of Friday’s 1pm EST deadline. Both contracts are for one year as well, with Giles receiving 9.6 million, and Shoemaker getting 4.2.
One of the interesting parts about Friday’s agreements is that both Giles and Shoemaker received bigger contracts than they were projected to get.