There are a few youngsters in the MLB that are set to get big raises before the 2016 season. Nolan Arenado, Anthony Rendon and Didi Gregorius are among this year's Super Two qualifiers, who will become eligible for arbitration a year earlier than the average player.
A player must accrue a certain amount of service time to qualify as a Super Two candidate. Specifically, they must "rank in the top 22% of service time among players with between two and three years of service," according to FanGraphs.
This offseason the Super Two cutoff will be 2.130, meaning the eligible Super Two qualifier would have amassed two years and 130 days of service time at the MLB level. Just for future reference, 172 service days equals one service year and players require six years of service before they can hit free agency.
The most notable Super Two case from last season was that of Bryce Harper's. The 23-year-old accrued enough service time to qualify and that allowed him to opt out of his five-year, $9.9 million deal with the Washington Nationals to sign a new two-year, $7.5 million deal. After that deal expires he has two years of arbitration eligibility left in 2017 and 2018.
Check out this year's list of Super Two qualifiers with their service time (in parentheses) and estimated salaries provided by MLBTradeRumors.com:
Dan Jennings, CWS (2.171) - Est. Salary: $700,000
George Kontos, SFG (2.171) - Est. Salary: $1 million
Justin Grimm, CHC (2.170) - Est. Salary: $1 million
Arodys Vizcaino, ATL (2.168) - Est. Salary: $1.1 million
Avisail Garcia, CWS (2.167) - Est. Salary: $2.3 million
Jurickson Profar, TEX (2.167) - Est. Salary: $508,000
Didi Gregorius, NYY (2.159) - Est. Salary: $2.1 million
Erasmo Ramirez, TBR (2.158) - Est. Salary: $2.8 million
Nolan Arenado, COL (2.155) - Est. Salary: $6.6 million
Will Smith, MIL (2.155) - Est. Salary: $1.2 million
Jean Machi, BOS (2.154) - Est. Salary: $900,000
Seth Maness, STL (2.154) - Est. Salary: $1.2 million
Scott Van Slyke, LAD (2.151) - Est. Salary: $1.2 million
David Lough, BAL (2.149) - Est. Salary: $800,000
Chris Hatcher, LAD (2.146) - Est. Salary: $900,000
Evan Scribner, OAK (2.142) - Est. Salary: $700,000
Nick Tepesch, TEX (2.136) - Est. Salary: $508,000
Zach Putnam, CWS (2.135) - Est. Salary: $800,000
Chris Withrow, ATL (2.132) - Est. Salary: $600,000
Kole Calhoun, LAA (2.130) - Est. Salary: $3.6 million
Jeff Manship, CLE (2.130) - Est. Salary: $700,000
Anthony Rendon, WSH (2.130) - Est. Salary: $2.5 million
