Today is the deadline for teams to exchange salary figures with their arbitration eligible players. For the Astros, this is Valdez, Tucker, Urquidy, Dubon, Garcia, Abreu and McCormick. The Astros are currently projected over the CBT, but the Astros could balance that line by having salaries that are agreed upon to lower the number. (Which I think you should pay the players what they are worth and not low ball them) Per FanGraphs, they are projecting: -Valdez: $12,100,000 -Tucker: $12,600,000 -Urquidy: $3,500,000 -Dubon: $3,100,000 -Garcia: $2,100,000 -Abreu: $2,000,000 -McCormick: $3,100,000 REMINDER: Salary figures are not factoring in postseason play, just regular season stats. The Astros will try to settle with their players today, if they don't, then they will most likely head to arbitration. The team has used this deadline as a "file and trial" type. Per Jeff Passan, the deadline is noon CT. Right now, the Astros are projected $390K over the CBT.