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Found January 04, 2012 on The Southpaw: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Kelly Johnson,  Brandon Morrow,  Carlos Villanueva,  Casey Janssen,  Ben Francisco,  Colby Rasmus
TEAMS: Toronto Blue Jays

Two weeks from now the deadline will have passed for players and teams to have submitted figures for arbitration. As we learned in 2011, Alex Anthopoulos does not negotiate one year deals after figures have been submitted, so one may safely assume a high likelihood that all Blue Jays arbitration eligible players will be signed by then and we will know within les than a million what the payroll cost for the current roster will be.It is my custom to try to predict what the agreed upon deals will be, and i've gotten pretty good at it. Here are m guesses for 2012 (note I have a predilection for rounding the numbers to no more than one decimal place, while the agreements are often not so well rounded):Kelly Johnson: Made $5.85 in 2011, accepted the Blue Jays offer of arbitration. Anticipated 2012 salary - $6 mil Brandon Morrow: $2.3 in 2011, 2nd year of arbitration eligibility. Anticipated salary - $5 milCarlos Villanueva: $1.415, 3rd year. Anticipated - $2.4 milCasey Janssen: $1.095...
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