NEW YORK—Baseball is set to finish its first arbitration shutout.

Cincinnati Reds pitcher Homer Bailey and San Diego Padres left-hander Clayton Richard agreed to one-year contracts Saturday, making it all but certain there will be no salary arbitration hearings this year for the first time since the process began in 1974—arbitration was suspended for 1976 and 1977 while free agency was put in place.

I think I saw Shyam Das begging for change outside of Walgreens the other day.