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Originally Posted by Matt Arnold
-Arbitration estimates and options are essentially calculated in until they aren't there any more. So if players opt-out, extension money can go up. Similarly if you non-tender arbitration players, you won't be able to use that for extensions until the arbitration period is over.
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Well this includes a period after arbitration hearings, the day before free agency. I figured out at least partially what is going on. After arbitration hearings but before free agency the game puts the player's new contract into the column for their previous year, and their upcoming salary is estimated at an increase based on that new salary.
For example: my 1B made 7.5 million in 2035 and got 10.6m in arbitration. After the arbitration hearing his 2035 salary is listed at 10.6 and his projected 2036 salary is estimated based on that (14.4m). It does this even for players with no more years of arbitration left.
After hearing, before free agency:
After free agency begins:
