Toronto Blue Jays projected arbitration salaries for 2026

In the baseball industry, teams and agents determine arbitration salaries by identifying comparable players.

While the service time figures included are official, there is not yet an established Super Two cutoff, which delineates which players with between two and three years of service qualify for early arbitration.

That could lead to a few late entrants being added to the list. It's also worth noting that contracts signed prior to the non-tender deadline aren't generally considered to be normal arbitration comparables.

Contracts signed prior to that deadline can be skewed by light offers that are presented to borderline non-tender candidates in take-it-or-leave-it fashion (with «leave it,» in such instances, being a non-tender).

That's not universal to all pre-tender deals but is frequently applicable.

- Daulton Varsho (5.128): $9.7MM
- Ernie Clement (3.168): $4.3MM
- Tyler Heineman (3.066): $1MM
- Eric Lauer (5.091): $4.4MM
- Dillon Tate (5.018): $1.7MM
- Nick Sandlin (4.157): $2MM
- Ryan Burr (3.109): $800K

It's increasingly common for teams to negotiate one-year deals with club options or mutual options covering an additional arbitration season.

Noted are all of the players who have an option for the 2025 season under the terms of a prior agreement.

If the team buys out that option, the player does not become a free agent.

He simply is paid whatever buyout (if any) was agreed upon under the terms of the prior agreement and heads back through the arbitration process again this winter.