The 29-year-old will receive a modest raise in his penultimate year of arbitration eligibility after making $5.45 million last season. Thomas had 15 homers and 32 stolen bases with a .709 OPS in 130 games between Washington and Cleveland last year,

Outfielder Lane Thomas and the Guardians have avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year deal worth $7.825 million. Thomas, who made $2.2 million last year, was projected to make $8.3 million in arbitration by MLB Trade Rumors.