Rasmus, Cecil and Rogers file for arbitration

John Lott shared this with us:

Colby Rasmus, Brett Cecil and Esmil Rogers file for salary arbitration, along with 143 other MLB players. #BlueJays

— John Lott (@LottOnBaseball) January 14, 2014

As Minor Leaguer mentioned:

There is no rule stopping a team and a player to agree to a contract between January 17 and their scheduled hearing, but Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos has a personal rule where he would not negotiate on one-year contracts after the exchange of salary figures. That leaves the player with two options: agree to a multi-year deal or let the arbitration panel decide his salary.

So the Jays have their work cut out for them if they want to continue their streak of not appearing before an arbitrator. Bill Risley in 1997 was the last.