One of Major League Baseball’s go-to sites during the offseason, MLB Trade Rumors, released their latest round of arbitration projections for the upcoming offseason.
Those projections obviously include the Washington Nationals, who have a few eligible players.
While the algorithm used for these projections is complex, for the casual reader, usually things are pretty straightforward with one salary projection for each player.
But this time, MLB Trade Rumors have multiple figures to account for the uncertainty that awaits this offseason as there’s never been an arbitration period after a 60-game season.
Here’s how Tim Dierkes prefaced the projections and explained the three methods used:
This winter, those involved in the process do not know how arbitration will account for the 60-game season, nor is there an agreement in place between MLB and the MLBPA on how to address it.