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- Updated: December 3, 2016
HOUSTON — As expected, all seven of the Astros’ arbitration-eligible players were tendered contracts on Friday, which was the deadline for teams to offer contracts to those players.
The seven players are pitchers Dallas Keuchel, Will Harris, Mike Fiers and Collin McHugh, utility player Marwin Gonzalez and outfielders George Springer and Jake Marisnick. On Wednesday, the Astros reached a one-year, $5.5 million deal with outfielder Norichika Aoki, avoiding arbitration.
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The next step is for the Astros to work out a contract for 2017 for each of those players. According to 2017 salary projections by MLBTradeRumors.com, that group …
