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Baseball Musings
January 16, 2006
Dontrelle Gets a Raise

Dontrelle Willis signed a one-year deal today, avoiding salary arbitration:

The Marlins and pitcher Dontrelle Willis have avoided arbitration, agreeing to a one-year contract that will pay the left-hander $4.35 million in 2006.

Willis, who went 22-10 last season and finished second in the NL Cy Young Award voting to the St. Louis Cardinals' Chris Carpenter, will receive the largest one-year contract ever for a first-year arbitration pitcher -- about $500,000 more than Roy Halladay and Andy Pettitte received in their first year of arbitration.

It's a victory for agent Matt Sosnick, the subject of License to Deal. His players tend to leave when it's time to negotiate a big contract.

It's disappointing that the Marlins only gave Willis a one-year deal. It's my opinion that Florida fans would feel better about the fire sale if they knew the Marlins were committed to Dontrelle and Cabrera for a few years.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:41 PM | Transactions | TrackBack (0)
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The Fish should have given him $55/5.

Posted by: DNL at January 16, 2006 09:59 PM

It looks like the Marlins are rebuilding around the young stars who haven't shown susceptability to injury. Pretty smart if you ask me.

Posted by: Mark Catanzareti at January 17, 2006 01:13 AM

so thats where all the payroll they slashed went.

Posted by: tony flynn at January 17, 2006 03:29 AM
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