Teams that did not offer arbitration lost the rights to their free agents until May 1.

Clubs that did not offer arbitration lose rights to the players until May 1.

A total of 29 players were offered arbitration this year, although three have signed with their former teams.

There was no indication that any of those players would be offered arbitration.

Players who are not offered arbitration will have 72 hours to decide whether they want to become free agents.

The only reason to offer arbitration is to get the draft choices.

By not offering arbitration, teams lose negotiating rights to players until May 1.

We heard nothing until Dec. 7, the last day they could offer me salary arbitration.

The next step, under the contract, was for the Twins not to offer him salary arbitration.

Of the 164 remaining free agents, only 25 were offered arbitration by the deadline.