There is a chance that any or all of the three could come to a deal with the Yanks beforehand. As it say in the article below; last year, of the 110 players that filed for arbitration, only eight went to a hearing.
Here's some more info about the arbitration system from MLB.com's Barry M. Bloom (hat tip to River Ave. Blues):
As Zach Locke, a Los Angeles-based attorney who penned a paper last year analyzing the salary arbitration system, wrote: The "popular understanding of arbitration as a way to settle a dispute by having a neutral party decide the best course of action conflicts with the reality that there can be 'winners' like [Ryan] Howard, and 'losers' like [Francisco] Rodriguez."
In salary arbitration, the player presents the higher figure and the club the lower figure. A panel of three arbitrators must choose between the two after arguments are presented by both sides at yet-to-be-scheduled hearings from Feb. 1-21. Those players who elect to possibly go to a hearing must swap figures with their clubs on Jan. 21.
"To place the arbitration process in perspective, there is a reason that so few clubs and players go all the way to hearing," said Brown, who noted that the owners have beaten the players in arbitration for 12 consecutive years. "The stakes are too high. That and the clubs really lose even when they win. Whether a deal is struck before hearing, or if a club wins at hearing, the player nearly always gets a hefty raise."
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