A's avoid arbitration with 5; Graveman pending

January 12th, 2018

OAKLAND -- The A's have come to terms on one-year contracts with shortstop , catcher Josh Phegley and relievers , Chris Hatcher and .
The club did not reach an agreement with 2017 Opening Day starter ahead of Friday's 10 a.m. PT deadline to exchange proposed salary figures with arbitration-eligible players for '18, but a deal can still be worked out before a hearing is required.
It's unlikely it reaches that point. Only four times since Billy Beane took over baseball operations in 1997 have the A's taken one of their players to a hearing -- and not until last year was the club defeated. Following a career-high 42-homer season, was the first to beat the A's in a hearing during Beane's tour, getting $5 million for 2017 rather than the club-proposed $4.65 million.
Earlier this week, the sides avoided a repeat hearing, agreeing to a contract that guarantees Davis $10.5 million this season.

Per MLB Network insider Jon Heyman, Graveman's camp filed at $2.6 million, while the A's came in at $2.36 million. The 27-year-old was limited to 19 starts in 2017 because of injuries. He compiled a 4.19 ERA over 105 1/3 innings, one year after posting a 4.11 ERA in 186 innings.
Semien, who was also arb-eligible for the first time, will reportedly earn $3.125 million in '18, after batting .249 with 10 homers in 85 games in a '17 season shortened by a right wrist fracture. Both Treinen and Hatcher, meanwhile, reportedly settled at $2.15 million.
Phegley, too, had his season disrupted by injury, succumbing to two stints on the disabled list for a second consecutive seasons. He hit .201 in 57 games.
Hendriks went 4-2 with a 4.22 ERA in 70 appearances out of the A's bullpen in 2017, striking out 78 batters over 64 innings and holding opponents to a .229 batting average.