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.
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.