"Some more were designated for assignment on Tuesday as teams opened space for prospects whom they wanted to keep out of the Rule 5 draft. Those players remain in DFA limbo and are marked below with an asterisk. There's still a scenario in which they're tendered a contract. The club that DFA them could trade them before Friday to a team that is fine with the projected arbitration price and keeps them around."
"Many of them are borderline non-tender candidates who will take salaries below their projection to ensure they stay on the roster at all. (A's catcher Austin Wynns has already taken this kind of deal.) Those who don't sign but are tendered a contract could have a few months of uncertainty. They're free to continue negotiating with their clubs to find a mutually agreeable salary until the date of their arbitration hearing."
"The collective bargaining agreement incentivizes borderline roster players to settle without a hearing even if they're tendered a contract. Arbitration settlements are fully guaranteed."
The non-tender deadline arrives on Friday evening, requiring teams to choose whether to offer contracts to arbitration-eligible and pre-arbitration players. Players who are non-tendered become free agents without passing through waivers. Early offseason cuts and DFA moves have already reduced rosters and protected prospects from the Rule 5 draft. DFA players could be traded before the deadline, but most will likely be non-tendered. Some players sign pre-tender deals for guaranteed money at below-projection salaries to remain on rosters. Tendered players who do not sign can keep negotiating until their arbitration hearing. The CBA encourages settlements because arbitration awards are fully guaranteed.
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