Why is it a non-guaranteed contract?

That is a good question, are they planning to trade him before the season starts like they did to Josh Bard?

All arbitration contracts are non-guaranteed until opening day. The only contracts that are guaranteed are free agent signings.

The contracts given to arbitration-eligible players who have not yet achieved enough service time to qualify for free agency are almost always non-guaranteed. This is because arbitration awards themselves are non-guaranteed.

It is worth clarifying that a “non-guaranteed” contract means that a player would receive 1/6th of his salary if cut at least 16 days before the start of the season, and 1/4th of his salary if cut during spring training but less than 16 days before the start of the season.

Multi-year deals are guaranteed, as are most major-league deals given to free agents (unless they expressly state otherwise, as with the non-guaranteed deal that was signed by catcher Josh Bard in January of 2009).

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