The bargaining agreement dictates that a player with at least three but less than six years of service time is eligible for salary arbitration.

WSJ: Zack Wheeler: Too Good to Pitch in the Majors?��New York Mets

For the first time since negotiating the right to salary arbitration in 1974, no Major League Baseball player will take a case to a hearing this year.

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Because more than eight weeks of the season have been played, the Mets already have virtually ensured Wheeler cannot be eligible for salary arbitration after the 2015 season.

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