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Phillies agree to 2018 deals with Franco, Garcia

Today is the deadline for teams to submit figures for 2018 with players eligible for arbitration.

Typically teams will attempt to come to an agreement with players before a hearing, but if not, an arbiter will determine between two figures how much the player should earn in 2018. Teams can also work out deals with players until the actual arbitration meeting.

The Phillies recently announced an agreement with Cameron Rupp. Today, they’ve announced agreements with both Maikel Franco and Luis Garcia.

Franco will earn $2.95 million in 2018. He earned $560,000 in 2017, a significant raise but not as high as projected by MLB Trade Rumors. They placed Franco’s 2018 salary at $3.6 million.

Meanwhile, Garcia will earn $1.2 million. MLB Trade Rumors projected Garcia to earn $1.4 million in 2018.

The only player arbitration-eligible player left is Cesar Hernandez, who MLB Trade Rumors pegs to make $4.7 million in 2018. Hernandez is a long-term contract candidate, but he’s also a trade candidate.

Meanwhile in San Diego, Freddy Galvis will earn $6.825 million next year. With the Phils last year he earned $4.35 million.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.