Here’s a page to bookmark – Maury Brown’s chart of 2010 arbitration filings over at The Biz of Baseball. The biggest gaps: Tim Lincecum at $5MM, Joe Blanton at $2.75MM, Justin Verlander at $2.6MM, and Wandy Rodriguez at $2MM. Obviously there is some disagreement on the appropriate salary for a top-tier starter.
MLB Trade Rumors is not affiliated with Major League Baseball, MLB or MLB.com
scroll to top
Maury has Ramon Ramirez as undecided, but Amalie Benjamin has tweeted that he’s been settled. Cot’s has him at $1.155MM for next year, too.
We covered that:
mlbtraderumors.com/2010/01/players-to-avoid-arbitr…
Since when is Joe Blanton a top-tier starter?
Andy Pettitte is starting to look like a better comp. A $5.825 mil raise, though…it still seems really aggressive for Verlander. But it’s the right move it means they settle near the midpoint because the Tigers don’t want a hearing.
i’d take that rotation.
if Pavano and Penny can score what they did on one year deals…Blanton is right to seek what he is on a one year deal
yeah Fat Joe is asking way too much. Funny thing is Cliff Lee’s $9 Million was too much for the Phils.