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Baseball Musings
February 15, 2008
Bad Year for the Players

There have been four arbitration decisions so far, and the owners won all of them. I wasn't that surprised by the Valverde decision. There was a large gap between the two sides, Jose's had a bit of an up and down career. I thought Wang might win, because the two sides are close and you can point to certain pitching skills that Wang does extremely well (keeping the ball in the park). I'm still waiting to see what happens with Ryan Howard. I get the feeling the Phillies offered too little.


Posted by David Pinto at 05:53 PM | Transactions | TrackBack (0)
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I tend to think the Phils will actually win that arbitration case as well. Part of it depends upon what sort of numbers the arbiters want to use, but if they consider even just the basic stats, $7 mill is closer to the right number than $10 mill. If anyone is interested, I laid out the argument a bit more in depth here: http://www.ballssticksstuff.com/2008/01/ryan-howard.html

Posted by: Tom G, ballssticksstuff.com at February 15, 2008 07:36 PM
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