Following the tender deadline, attention is now on the Baltimore Orioles arbitration bill.

The Baltimore Orioles are looking at some significant arbitration negotiations now that the tender deadline has passed.

The tender deadline is typically the key point when teams make decisions about arbitration-eligible players. It serves as the moment to trim the 40-man roster, often due to player cost or lack of performance.

Baltimore Orioles Arbitration Bill Now in Focus After Tender Deadline

For the Baltimore Orioles, Friday’s tender deadline signified their decision to retain a significant number of arbitration-eligible players for the 2025 season.

The Orioles tendered contracts to 11 arbitration-eligible players and non-tendered one veteran, reliever Jacob Webb, who is now a free agent.

Additionally, Baltimore reached a one-year agreement with infielder Emmanuel Rivera, who became arbitration-eligible for the first time.

The 11 players tendered by the Orioles included pitchers Keegan Akin, Kyle Bradish, Dean Kremer, Trevor Rogers, Gregory Soto, and Tyler Wells; infielder Jorge Mateo, Ryan Mountcastle, and Ramon Urías; outfielder Cedric Mullins; and catcher Adley Rutschman.

The next step for these players and the Orioles is to negotiate contracts before the arbitration deadline on January 9. If no deals are reached by then, both sides will submit their salary figures, and an arbitration hearing will take place in February.

However, a deal could still be reached before the hearing, even after the deadline has passed.

While most players sign one-year contracts, some may secure multi-year deals based on the team’s needs.

As for the Orioles’ financial commitment, the exact amount will only be clear once all players are signed, but MLB Trade Rumors offers projections based on a reliable formula. According to their estimates, Baltimore could pay these 11 players around $45 million in total for the 2025 season.

The most expensive player among them is expected to be outfielder Cedric Mullins, who will be a free agent in 2026 and could earn $8.7 million through arbitration.

Other notable players are infielder Ryan Mountcastle, who could earn up to $6.6 million, and All-Star catcher Adley Rutschman, who is projected to make $5.8 million in his first year of arbitration eligibility. The Orioles might consider offering Rutschman a team-friendly extension to cover his arbitration years and provide him with stability before he reaches free agency in 2027.