{"id":269438,"date":"2025-11-07T19:28:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T19:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/269438\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T19:28:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T19:28:08","slug":"mason-miller-zach-neto-among-34-super-2s-eligible-for-arbitration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/269438\/","title":{"rendered":"Mason Miller, Zach Neto among 34 Super 2s eligible for arbitration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/sd\/san-diego-padres\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego<\/a> reliever <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4730225\/mason-miller\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mason Miller<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/laa\/los-angeles-angels\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Angels<\/a> shortstop <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4666100\/zach-neto\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Neto<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/kc\/kansas-city-royals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas City<\/a> third baseman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4905884\/maikel-garcia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maikel Garcia<\/a> are among 34 players with two-to-three years or service time who are eligible for salary arbitration.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado outfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/42462\/brenton-doyle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brenton Doyle<\/a>, Milwaukee shortstop <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/41179\/brice-turang\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brice Turang<\/a>, Cincinnati shortstop <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4422899\/matt-mclain\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt McLain<\/a> and Washington right-hander <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/41290\/jake-irvin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Irvin<\/a> also made the cutoff of 2 years, 140 days of major league service.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/46874206\/sources-cubs-kyle-tucker-13-get-22m-qualifying-offer\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/r1488464_2_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seattle right-hander Kowar Jackson, Tampa Bay right-hander Manuel Rodr\u00edguez and Cincinnati left-hander <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/42431\/brandon-williamson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brandon Williamson<\/a> just missed at 2 years, 139 days. Behind them at 2 years, 136 days were San Francisco catcher <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4345843\/patrick-bailey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Bailey<\/a>, Royals right-hander Kuis Erceg and Giants right-hander <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/5000950\/ryan-walker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Walker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The cutoff was up from 2 years, 132 days last offseason and 2 years, 118 days for 2024. The cutoff was as low as 2 years, 115 days in 2019 and as high as 2 years, 146 days in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>McLain was the last player above the cutoff at 2 years, 140 days. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/nym\/new-york-mets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Mets<\/a> right-hander <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/36526\/reed-garrett\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reed Garrett<\/a> has 2 years, 143 days, and Houston outfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/37773\/taylor-trammell\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Trammell<\/a> and St. Louis left-hander <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/41173\/matthew-liberatore\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Liberatore<\/a> each has 2 years, 144 days.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay right-hander Alex Faedo would have been eligible but was designated for assignment this week and elected free agency.<\/p>\n<p>Others eligible include Cincinnati shortstop <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/40338\/nick-allen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Allen<\/a>, New York Mets catcher <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/41253\/francisco-alvarez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Francisco Alvarez<\/a>, Boston left-hander <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/35876\/brennan-bernardino\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brennan Bernardino<\/a>, Mets right-hander Huascar Brazob\u00e1n, Cleveland outfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4088296\/will-brennan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will Brennan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/nyy\/new-york-yankees\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Yankees<\/a> infielder Jos\u00e9 Caballero, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/lad\/los-angeles-dodgers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> outfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/38994\/alex-call\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Call<\/a>, Washington right-hander <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4308037\/cade-cavalli\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cade Cavalli<\/a>, Miami right-hander <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/3978173\/calvin-faucher\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Calvin Faucher<\/a>, San Diego catcher <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/41928\/freddy-fermin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Freddy Fermin<\/a>, Cleveland right-hander <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/39871\/matt-festa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Festa<\/a>, Guardians third baseman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/41672\/david-fry\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Fry<\/a>, Tampa Bay right-hander <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/5001153\/kevin-kelly\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Kelly<\/a>, Kansas City right-hander <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/3960883\/james-mcarthur\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James McArthur<\/a>, Athletics right-hander <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/40949\/luis-medina\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luis Medina<\/a>, Miami right-hander <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4345164\/max-meyer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Max Meyer<\/a>, Seattle right-hander <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4654313\/bryce-miller\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bryce Miller<\/a>, Rays outfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/41359\/richie-palacios\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Richie Palacios<\/a>, Houston left-hander <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/41776\/bennett-sousa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bennett Sousa<\/a>, Pittsburgh outfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/36754\/jack-suwinski\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Suwinski<\/a>, Rays right-hander <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/41308\/edwin-uceta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Edwin Uceta<\/a>, A&#8217;s left-hander <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4189711\/ken-waldichuk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ken Waldichuk<\/a>, Atlanta left-hander <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/40927\/joey-wentz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joey Wentz<\/a> and Astros right-hander <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/42996\/hayden-wesneski\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hayden Wesneski<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Players and teams are set to exchange proposed salaries on Jan. 8, and hearings for those lacking agreements will be scheduled for Jan. 26 to Feb. 13 in Scottsdale, Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK &#8212; San Diego reliever Mason Miller, Los Angeles Angels shortstop Zach Neto and Kansas City third&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-269438","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}