How much is Aroz looking to make Arb 4?

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Alex Reyes Cy Young
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How much is Aroz looking to make Arb 4?

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https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/player/_/id ... -arozarena

According to SportTrac he made 16 mil last year. 25 Mil for Arb 4? He had a 4 bWAR season with some nice aggregates. AS appearance and some nice hitting IoT's. Hard hit %, Barrels an Average Exit Velo. I would assume similar numbers this year.

60 xtra base hits with 31 swipes.
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Re: How much is Aroz looking to make Arb 4?

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https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/sea ... 36ee59df0a
MLB Trade Rumors has used an algorithm for more than a decade to project arbitration salaries as a tool to understand what a given team is looking at versus the salary cap. Its projection for Arozarena is $18.2 million.

Arozarena at this point would seem to be worth every penny.

He's such an energetic leader for the Mariners, who won their first division title since 2021.

This season, Arozarena batted .238 with a .760 OPS. He had 32 doubles, 27 homers and 31 steals.
I'm thinking that's a little on the low side if he made 16 mil last year.

Disregard that table tripped me up, 11.2 last year with a projection of 18. That sounds about right..... Not a bad pay day for your final arb year.
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Alex Reyes Cy Young wrote: 23 Nov 2025 09:54 am https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/player/_/id ... -arozarena

According to SportTrac he made 16 mil last year. 25 Mil for Arb 4? He had a 4 bWAR season with some nice aggregates. AS appearance and some nice hitting IoT's. Hard hit %, Barrels an Average Exit Velo. I would assume similar numbers this year.

60 xtra base hits with 31 swipes.
Every time I think of Arozarena I’m reminded of the idiotic tool that was John Mozeliak.
Arozarena - solid consistent MLB performer shows no sign of slowing down.
O’Neill - traded for nothing
Carlson - traded for a guy we literally DFA’d 2 weeks after the trade.
Bader - traded for about 1 full year of Montgomery.

Anybody who still “thinks” we will ever win the Arozarena trade is living in fantasyland.

I don’t hate Liberatore, it’s not his fault that Mozeliak was such a fool.
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Re: How much is Aroz looking to make Arb 4?

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My best guess Alex would be somewhere in the $18-20M range.
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$16.8
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Bomber1 wrote: 23 Nov 2025 10:14 am
Alex Reyes Cy Young wrote: 23 Nov 2025 09:54 am https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/player/_/id ... -arozarena

According to SportTrac he made 16 mil last year. 25 Mil for Arb 4? He had a 4 bWAR season with some nice aggregates. AS appearance and some nice hitting IoT's. Hard hit %, Barrels an Average Exit Velo. I would assume similar numbers this year.

60 xtra base hits with 31 swipes.
Every time I think of Arozarena I’m reminded of the idiotic tool that was John Mozeliak.
Arozarena - solid consistent MLB performer shows no sign of slowing down.
O’Neill - traded for nothing
Carlson - traded for a guy we literally DFA’d 2 weeks after the trade.
Bader - traded for about 1 full year of Montgomery.

Anybody who still “thinks” we will ever win the Arozarena trade is living in fantasyland.

I don’t hate Liberatore, it’s not his fault that Mozeliak was such a fool.
If Bader and O'Neill were complete STUDS in 2019, then I would give MO a little more of a pass.

BUT, Bader and O'Neill didn't have good 2019 seasons (and ironically, it totally foreshadowed their careers). Couple that with the decision not to sign Ozuna, it made little sense to trade an MLB-ready OFer who led your org in hitting.

I've been saying this for 5 years. The Libby chirpers are no longer chirping.
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