According to Rob Biertempfel of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Nate McLouth’s arbitration hearing is scheduled for February 17th. He says the $1.05MM gap between McLouth and the Pirates on the player’s ’09 salary has "frozen" talks. Biertempfel says the team’s last hearing was in ’04, when Jack Wilson won.
This is McLouth’s first arbitration year; he’s under team control through 2011.
