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- Updated: December 2, 2016
MILWAUKEE — The Brewers avoided arbitration with outfielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis on Friday with a one-year contract that reportedly pays $900,000 in the Major Leagues.
The agreement left six Brewers players eligible for arbitration: pitchers Chase Anderson, Wily Peralta, Tyler Thornburg and Carlos Torres, catcher Martin Maldonado and second baseman Scooter Gennett. Arbitration-eligible first baseman Chris Carter has already been designated for assignment, and the possibility remained of a pre-deadline trade.
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The tender deadline is 7 p.m. CT on Friday. Players that are non-tendered at that time become free agents. Players who are tendered are considered signed for 2017, at a salary to be determined via the arbitration …
