January 11th, 2020 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka For the first time since 2007, the Dodgers could find themselves in an unfamiliar position.
Could.
After a relatively quiet Friday morning and afternoon, the proverbial flood gates opened on Friday evening, when multiple news sources reported that the Dodgers had addressed all nine of their arbitration-eligible players.
Without question, the two biggest names on that arbitration-eligible list were 24-year-old Dodgers outfielder/first baseman (and 2019 National League MVP) Cody Bellinger and 25-year-old Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager, each agreeing to one-year arbitration-hearing-avoiding contracts of $11.5 million and $7.6 million respectively.
(Video capture courtesy of SportsNet LA)
As most Dodger fans know, Bellinger became only the sixth Dodgers player to win the NL MVP award since the franchise moved to Los Angeles in 1958 and only the third to win both a Rookie of the Year award and MVP. He is also only the fourth player in MLB history to win a Rookie of the Year, Gold Glove and MVP before his 25th birthday, joining Hall of Famer Johnny Bench, Fred Lynn, and Dustin Pedroia.
Also agreeing to one-year contracts were 28-year-old Dodgers utility infielder/outfielder Kiké Hernandez ($5.9 million), 30-year-old right-hander Ross Stripling ($2.1 million), and 23-year-old Dodgers left-hander Julio Urias ($1 million).
The four arbitration-eligible Dodgers who did not accept team offers were 27-year-old outfielder Joc Pederson (seeking $9.5 million, offered $7.75 million); 29-year-old utility infielder/outfielder Chris Taylor (seeking $5.8 million, offered $5.25 million); 29-year-old infielder/outfielder Max Muncy (seeking $4.675 million, offered $4 million); and 31-year-old right-hander Pedro Baez (seeking $4 million, offered $3.5 million).
(Video capture courtesy of SportsNet LA)
Where that ‘could’ thing comes into play is that teams can still sign arbitration-eligible players right up to the day of their respective arbitration hearings, which begin on February 3, 2020, and run through February 21 in Phoenix, AZ.
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The problem is you didn’t address any of the important questions. Why is this year different that so many players did not reach agreement. Are they disgruntled. Did the team change its philosophy. Is the team willing to continue to negotiate. Other than the obvious facts you didn’t go an inch further.
Max Muncy should take the offer the dodgers are giving him or else he could be watching baseball from his couch. How short is his memory.
You and I are pretty much on the same page.
Bryce Harper production at bench warmers price, are you kidding me, pay the guy.
You’ve got to be joking. He’s turned himself into a defensive asset (used to be a liability in the field) and hits both lefties and righties for power. Yes, the Dodgers pulled him off the scrap heap but he deserves to be paid well. Bye-bye Joc!
Max should take the offer.
Butt if dosen’t, he will not be on the couch watching MLB. No doubt, he’s proven himself and would get picked up from another team.
I fully agree with you ,the front office can’t seem to pay their own good players much less sign good free agents, but they’ll raise ticket price,beer price, parking fee,way to go front office and ownership, CHEAP.
It all begins upstairs,quit being tightwads,and open the wallets,your not going to have all 9 starters for the allstar game,its going to be like last year,few new faces,and up the beer prices
“sitting on his couch”? That’s not how arbitration works. If they don’t settle before the hearing, he will play for either his price, or the Dodgers price… That’s what arbitration is.
This is the system they all agreed to. It’s his right to go to arbitration and either win or lose.
If he holds out after the fact, then I’d agree with you
With 35 hr from 122 hits, I the front office needs to consider the offensive quality he contributed not to mention some pretty spectacular catches from third base. I was quite impressed with the 2018 season and when a team jells like the Dodgers did last year, they shouldn’t make a lot of changes. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.
Do you guys need to realize what Max muncy has done in the last two years for the dodgers he deserves a pay raise the dodgers are full of money
You still won’t win shit!!!- with DAVE ROBERTS COACHING!!!!!! THEY WILL NEVER GET IT RIGHT!!!!! THEY WILL NOT WIN WITH WITH THIS TEAM!!!!! THEY’RE TO MANY CHOKES!!!!!! AND THAT’S A FACT!!!!!
Why is it obvious to the fans, the holes in this team and the front office has a blind eye to this or are they just cheap?They will not win a WS with this team. The front office will not shell out big money to players that produce a return on there investment. I no long go to any games and I cancelled Spectrum TV. I stream line dodger baseball for free. Losing the 2017 WS was heart breaking and to keep watching year after year is very disappointing. They have the talent but Dave Roberts makes some pretty dumb moves. Go dodgers!
They should pay Max Muncy as he surely deserves the amount. Max has done a wonderful professional job of improvement in all facets. It would be a mistake to point out his flaws in an arbitration hearing. Max needs support to continue improving. I think Max is already an exceptional player.
Joc needs to work more on his game and pay attention to his flaws. Take Joc to arbitration so that he can hear what he needs to work on. He is too enamored with home runs that he doesn’t focus enough on situational hitting and he is a big liability on defense. He used to be a great defensive player. He needs to lose weight and become more fit while also study more how to play. He is a great talent but is overpricing himself. Trade him. He will play great for his new team but he needs that shock to work on his game. Too bad he isn’t getting the message beforehand. He has all the potential to really be a great player. But potential only goes so far when you already think you are better than you are
I totally agree..
Spot on
I was not happy to see the Dodgers getting rid of Rich Hill or Rye and they don’t have any one that can help them to make it into the World Series or maybe the play offs. Big disappointment for me
Pleaseget rid of Dave Roberts he makes t Pleaso many stupid calls !! Please get rid of Pedro Baez he does not know how to pitch ! Please get rid of the glasses gum chewing guy he also does not know how to pitch ! Pleasure get rid of the Red head guy Dustin he does not fit in & he also does not know how to pitch !!We need a good Manager like Tommy Lasorda !
This is nothing to write home about. More and more players go to arbitration now because there is nothing to lose by doing it. Its just business. And there’s no hard feelings for doing it.
Really guys!! Your gonna bash max. He is a stud and part of the team.Managment knows it. Everyone on the last years team has been awsome. Dave made mistakes….. period
That’s what they say eery year get rid of Dave Roberts then do it already
The best managers are those who had professional baseball experience as a pitcher or catcher. This, in my opinion, explains the dumb pitching moves that Roberts has made.