Cody Snavely
At the beginning of the 2025 Major League Baseball offseason, the Los Angeles Dodgers, fresh off a World Series Championship, had nine players eligible for arbitration this winter. However, that number has dwindled to five players since that day.
Right-handed starters Dustin May and Tony Gonsolin were each eligible for arbitration. However, both players agreed to one-year deals, avoiding arbitration altogether. The Dodgers also released right-handed relief pitcher Connor Brogdon and traded second baseman Gavin Lux to the Cincinnati Reds this past week.
That said, the remaining Dodgers who are still eligible for arbitration are Michael Kopech, Brusdar Graterol, Evan Phillips, Alex Vesia, and Anthony Banda.
By this afternoon, all arbitration-eligible players must either agree on a contract for the 2025 season or both player and team must file for arbitration. The deadline for both sides to submit arbitration figures is at 7:00 PM CT this evening.
Below are the projected arbitration numbers for the remaining player’s curtsey of MLB Trade Rumors.
Michael Kopech (5.041): $5,200,000
Brusdar Graterol (4.167): $2,700,000
Evan Phillips (4.136): $6,200,000
Alex Vesia (4.078): $1,900,000
Anthony Banda (3.135): $1,100,000
Historically, the Dodgers organization has done well in negotiating deals with their respective players and has not had to go to an arbitration hearing. The last arbitration hearing for the Dodgers was in the 2019/2020 offseason when the Dodgers went to arbitration with right-handed relief pitcher Pedro Baez and outfielder Joc Pederson. Before that, you’d have to go all the way back to 2007, when the Dodgers took reliever Joe Beimel to arbitration and won.
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