Arbitration apparently was never on the table, because if he had been offered arbitration he might have won, and then the Nats would be hit for a good bit more than the 1.8. So I assume Rizzo offered his some figure close to 1.8. Could have been 1.8, could have been less than 1.8, or it might have even been slightly more than 1.8, but Rizzo didn't want to risk arbitration. I'd just like to know what that figure was so we would know how much or how little they valued him.