{"id":104307,"date":"2025-10-07T14:56:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=104307"},"modified":"2025-10-07T14:56:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:56:49","slug":"how-many-players-will-the-braves-non-tender-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=104307","title":{"rendered":"How many players will the Braves non-tender this year?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Yeah, it\u2019s a little early to talk about this \u2014 it could\u2019ve been more timely on the eve of the non-tender deadline. But, MLB Trade Rumors put out its Matt Swartz model-informed set of arbitration salary estimates yesterday, so we\u2019re doing it now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Per that model, the Braves have nine arbitration-eligible players, at the following estimated salaries:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Jake Fraley &#8211; $3.6M<\/li>\n<li>Joel Payamps &#8211; $3.4M<\/li>\n<li>Alek Manoah &#8211; $2.2M<\/li>\n<li>Dylan Lee &#8211; $1.9M<\/li>\n<li>Jose Suarez &#8211; $1.5M<\/li>\n<li>Nick Allen &#8211; $1.5M<\/li>\n<li>Eli White &#8211; $1.2M<\/li>\n<li>Joey Wentz &#8211; $1.1M<\/li>\n<li>Vidal Brujan &#8211; $0.8M<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Here\u2019s my very preliminary thinking on this. First, all of these salaries are really low, so they likely aren\u2019t a deterrent in and of themselves from tendering any of these guys. Instead, it\u2019s more about roster fit. I don\u2019t think the Braves would\u2019ve claimed Fraley when they did without intending to keep him; the same goes for Manoah, though there\u2019s always a chance that preliminary discussions with the latter cause some kind of rift that leads to a non-tender.<\/p>\n<p>Lee, White, and Wentz seem like slam dunks at their respective prices.<\/p>\n<p>Allen and Brujan are in kind of a weird place. Brujan\u2019s projection is basically league minimum, so there\u2019s no harm in tendering him or not, but I\u2019m just not sure he\u2019s necessary, especially if Nick Allen is the backup. At the same time, it\u2019s unclear whether the team needs a no-bat backup, since a pinch-hitter is probably going to be needed more frequently than a defensive replacement.<\/p>\n<p>Jose Suarez barely pitched in the majors last year, and looked awful early and intriguing late. Like Wentz, I don\u2019t see much harm in shelling out a potentially-wasted sum just to see what kind of useful depth somewhere between $1-$2 million buys you.<\/p>\n<p>That leaves Payamps, another late claim. He was really good two years ago, fine in 2024, and awful in 2025. I\u2019m not sure that\u2019s a good use of $3.4 million; the Braves can probably non-tender and re-sign Payamps for far less if they even care about retaining him.<\/p>\n<p>So I\u2019ve got five tenders, one non-tender, and three that I\u2019m on the fence on, but largely expect the Braves to tender contracts to anyway, because the hit to do so is just so low. 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