"Luke Scott would have made at least $6 million in arbitration – and likely more – if the Orioles had offered him a contract this offseason.

They didn't, primarily because he was coming off season-ending surgery and they thought it would be a risk to invest that much into a 33-year-old with a repaired right shoulder. They never made him a formal offer during the offseason either.

Their American League East counterparts, the Tampa Bay Rays, apparently weren't as worried -- giving Scott a guaranteed $6 million in his new contract."