Tigers Avoid Arbitration

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A question for someone who might keep track of these things. Are arbitration cases down? It seems that as time goes on, both management and agents get better at pricing players arbitration values. That means in general,San Diego Padres Hats Sale, the two sides should be submitting figures that are closer as time goes on. The closer the two numbers,Cheap Colorado Rockies Hats, the easier it is to split the difference and just settle without the hearing. Does anyone have stats on this?
The Tigers settled with their remaining arbitration eligible players today.
The crisp pace of the club’s winter business continued Tuesday, as Detroit announced it had agreed to one-year contracts with its remaining arbitration-eligible players: outfielder Craig Monroe ($4.775 million), left-handed starter Nate Robertson ($3.26 million), infielder Omar Infante ($1.3 million), and right-handed reliever Fernando Rodney ($1.05 million).
John Westhoff, the club’s baseball legal counsel, had arrived at work Tuesday – the day on which players and clubs formally exchange contract numbers – anticipating that one or two cases might go to arbitration. By noon, though, he’d reached an agreement with representatives for all four players, thus checking off another task from a melting to-do list.
As so often happened in 2006, matters were settled in an orderly, successful fashion.
“It’s such a difference dealing with players and agents this off-season, than when I got here five years ago,Makeup Date,” Westhoff said. “Back then, it was hard to get an agent to return a call, or to convince a player to truly give Detroit a chance.
“Now, here you are, signing players in a free-agent environment, and locking up your own guys long-term. You even see it with the one-year deals. Guys are excited to be here. They want to play for the manager. They think we can win. All those things have helped me do what I do.”