February 02, 2007
Beating Arbitration
Balls, Sticks and Stuff writes on the details of the Brett Myers signing. He gets over $8 million a year for three seasons, avoiding all arbitration. On a purely baseball plane, it's a very good move. Myers put together two very good seasons back-to-back. He strikes out batters and controls his walks. He does give up the long ball, however, which is why his ERA is closer to 4.00 than 3.00. And that appears not to have too much to do with the park. Given the amount of money pitchers of questionable quality received this winter, it's a real steal.
However, Myers did go through an ugly incident where he publicly hit his wife last summer. You have to wonder how much that figured in the length of the contract and the amount of money he received. Maybe it's five years, $50 million without the cloud.
Posted by David Pinto at
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