Super Two/Arbitration Update- Jumbo Diaz and Brett Oberholzer

Jumbo Diaz, Houston. Diaz is not on a 40-man roster at the moment; however, he did sign a minor league contract with Houston today.  Currently, the right-handed pitcher has 2 years and 128 days of service time.  If he has his contract selected and returns to the big leagues, he will be right in line for a Super Two designation.  If he is able to accrue at least 44 days of service time in the remainder of the season, he would eclipse the 3-year threshold and bypass the Super Two process entirely.

Brett Oberholtzer, Toronto. The lefty had his contract selected today by Toronto.  This is his first appearance on a big league roster this season.  Prior to having his contract selected, Oberholtzer had 2 years and 127 days of service time.  He needs 45 days of service to hit the 3 year threshold and be arbitration eligible.  At this point, Super Two status is not possible, since Oberholtzer cannot earn the minimum requirement of 86 days on an active roster this season.

UPDATE: On Tuesday(August 1), Oberholtzer was designated for assignment.

2017 Brewers' Draft Class

Players in Bold have signed with Milwaukee

1- Keston Hiura, IF, College Junior, Wisconsin
CBA- Tristen Lutz, OF, High School, Helena
2- Caden Lemmons, RHP, High School, AZL Brewers
3- KJ Harrison, C, College Junior, Helena
4- Brendan Murphy, LHP, High School, AZL Brewers
5- Nick Egnatuk, IF, High School, AZL Brewers
6- Devin Hairston, IF, College Junior, Wisconsin
7- Bowden Francis, RHP, JUCO, AZL Brewers
8- Jayson Rose, RHP, College Junior, Helena
9- Dallas Carroll, IF, College Senior, Wisconsin
10- Alec Bettinger, RHP, College Senior, Helena
11- Alex Lazar, RHP, High School, AZL Brewers
12- Je'Von Ward, OF, High School, AZL Brewers
13- Abdiel Layer, IF, High School
14- Gage Workman, IF, High School
15- Christian Santana, RHP, High School
16- Justin Bullock, RHP, High School, AZL Brewers
17- Leugim Castillo, OF, High School, AZL Brewers
18- Ledgend Smith, LHP, High School
19- Noah Gibbons, IF, High School
20- Austin Rubick, RHP, JUCO, AZL Brewers
21- Dylan File, RHP, College Sophomore, Helena
22- Brandon Presley, LHP, JUCO, Helena
23- Cam Robinson, RHP, High School, AZL Brewers
24- Robbie Hitt, RHP, College Junior, Helena
25- Karlos Morales, LHP, High School
26- Carson McCusker, OF, JUCO
27- Cody Martin, RHP, College Junior, Helena
28- Roberto Delgado, RHP, College Junior, Helena
29- Brent Diaz, C, College Junior, AZL Brewers
30- Cody Beckman, LHP, College Senior, Helena
31- Rylan Kaufmann, LHP, High School
32- Miller Hogan, RHP, College Sophomore
33- Kyle Jacobsen, OF, High School
34- Garrett Crochet, LHP, High School
35- Davis Bradshaw, OF, High School
36- Kenny Corey, UTL, College Senior, Helena
37- Christian Taugner, RHP, College Senior, AZL Brewers
38- Robbie Rojas, C, College Senior, AZL Brewers
39- Robert Henry, OF, College Senior, AZL Brewers
40- Trevor Keonig, LHP, High School

Super Two/Arbitration Update- Rosscup and Shreve

Two players, Zach Rosscup and Chasen Shreve were called up to the Major Leagues Sunday.  This action greatly increased each player's chance of being arbitration eligible this off-season.

Zach Rosscup, Colorado.  After Sunday, Rosscup has 2 years and 116 days of MLB service time.  If he stays in the big leagues for at least 56 of the season's 63 remaining days, he will reach the 3 year threshold for arbitration.  NOTE:  With only 11 days on a big league active roster so far this season, Rosscup cannot reach the 86 days of service time to qualify for Super Two status.

Chasen Shreve, Yankees. After Sunday, Shreve has accrued 2 years and 103 days of service time.  If he can stay in the big leagues for another 30 days this season, he should fall in the range to be certified as a Super Two.

Tracking the Super Twos

One thing I have become intrigued by this summer is figuring out which players will qualify for Super Two status in MLB.  This interest has led to the creation of a spreadsheet that began with all players who started this season with between 1.000 and 2.171 years and days of MLB service time.  

With 10 weeks left in the regular season, I plan to use my spreadsheet to guesstimate who will fall in the 22% group that qualifies for an extra year of arbitration, and the potential extra money that goes with it.  My intention is to post a projected list of "Super Twos"  two or three times between now and the end of the regular season and once after the season has concluded.

A few notes about the database...
An "x" after a player indicates that he has been optioned to the minors
Players in blue have been designated for assignment
Players in red are not currently on a 40-man roster

Please join me as I try to learn a little bit about the Super Two process.

Projection of Super Twos based on service time data through July 23, 2017:

This projection has a service time cut-off of 2.120

Kris Bryant
Maikel Franco
Carlos Rodon
Addison Russell
Mike Foltynewicz
Hunter Strickland
Felipe Rivero
Chasen Shreve
Michael Lorenzen
Keone Kela
Raisel Iglesias
Cam Bedrosian
Corey Knebel
Andrew Heaney
Noah Syndergaard
Lance McCullers, Jr.
J.C. Ramirez
Yolmer Carlos Sanchez
Matt Szczur
Eduardo Rodriguez
Chris Bassit
Eddie Rosario
Jace Peterson
Chris Bergman
Jorge Soler
Michael Blazek