NEW YORK -- Blue Jays closer Louis Varland, Dodgers outfielder Andy Pages and Rangers left-hander Jacob Latz are among 28 players with two-to-three years of service time who are eligible for salary arbitration.
Boston right-hander Tyron Guerrero and Colorado outfielder Jordan Beck were the last players to make the so-called Super-2s cutoff, both at 2 years, 133 days. Milwaukee right-hander Quinn Priester had 2 years, 134 days.
The cutoff was up from 2 years, 140 days last offseason.
The top 22% of players by service time with at least two years but less than three are eligible for arbitration as long as they had at least 86 days of service this year. They join the group of three-to-six-year players.
Baseball's collective bargaining agreement expires Dec. 1 and a management lockout is expected, so it is not clear when proposed salaries will be exchanged or hearings scheduled.
Phillies outfielder Johan Rojas was just under the cutoff at 2 years, 131 days. He started the season at 2 years, 36 days, but he was suspended for 80 games during spring training for a positive test for a banned performance-enhancing substance.
Rojas then had surgery on June 21 to repair a torn UCL in his right elbow, and when his suspension ended four days later, he was placed on the 60-day injured list for the rest of the season.
Other eligible Super 2s are Blue Jays right-hander Spencer Arrighetti, outfielder Nathan Lukes and infielder Davis Schneider, Angels right-hander Sam Bachman, Padres right-hander Jhony Brito, Cubs right-handers Benjamin Brown and Daniel Palencia, Rangers right-hander Jose Butto and outfielder Evan Carter, Guardians right-hander Slade Cecconi, Mariners right-handers Cooper Criswell and Carlos Vargas, Athletics left-hander Hogan Harris, Pirates first baseman Spencer Horwitz, Red Sox second baseman Jahmai Jones, Cardinals right-hander Kyle Leahy and catcher Pedro Pages, White Sox right-hander Jordan Leasure, Tigers outfielder Parker Meadows, Braves left-handers Mitchell Parker and left-hander Danny Young, and Giants right-hander Randy Rodriguez.
Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong had sufficient service time but agreed in March to a $115 million, six-year contract.
St. Louis second baseman Edouard Julien, Milwaukee left-hander Jared Koenig and Detroit outfielder James Outman would have been eligible but were dropped from 40-man rosters this week.
Players were eligible after two years of service from 1974-85, and the threshold increased to three years in 1986. The super 2 class began in 1991 at 17% and it increased to 22% in 2013.
