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Which Type Bs Will Be Offered Arbitration?
Teams have a chance to snag a supplemental draft pick if they offer arbitration to their Type B free agent and he signs elsewhere. The risk is that the player could accept and leave the team with an unwanted financial burden.
Of the 33 Type B free agents, which do you think will be offered arbitration Monday? Check the box next to those who will be offered arbitration, in your opinion. Take the poll here, see the results here.
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Smoltzie is a no-brainer.
Posted by: Land-Man | November 28, 2008 at 04:50 PM
Tim? Is there a certain time Monday they have to offer Arbitration....Like 10pm est
Thank's
Posted by: dodgers67 | November 28, 2008 at 04:58 PM
not showing results yet...
Posted by: Kramerica Industries | November 28, 2008 at 04:59 PM
Yeah it doesn't seem to be working I filled it out and it shows a lot of people "skipping question"
Posted by: Devmac | November 28, 2008 at 05:01 PM
it is working fine now
Posted by: alan | November 28, 2008 at 05:15 PM
Interesting all the high percentages voted on. All, even Bradley carry risks and he is the most obvious dollar/age/performance wise to get offered arbitration.
Garland is a tough choice, but will get a multi year contract anyway, as will Casey Blake, but I have a hard time seeing the just coming back from serious surgery John Smoltz in any danger of getting much in the way of larger offers for the Braves to offer him arbitration and the same with jason isringhausen.
Posted by: johns | November 28, 2008 at 07:07 PM
Funny thing about offering arbitration, sometimes the player accepts it.
For players like Garrett Anderson, who the Angels just paid $3M to buy out of his $14M option year, it doesn't make sense to then offer arbitration.
The same is true with Randy Johnson, who said he would re-sign with the D'Backs for half of his $16M 2008 salary, but was turned down.
Since arbitration rarely if ever results in a pay decrease it doesn't make sense to offer it simply for a sandwich pick for a lot of these players.
Posted by: A | November 29, 2008 at 08:10 AM
A- Which is why teams pick their battles. If the player accepting wouldn't saddle the team with a major burden (i.e. the player is still useful for his 2008 salary), you offer arbitration. Or if he's a near lock to see a multi year deal.
Bradley and Wolf will see huge raises, if not multi year deals, on the market. Garland, Looper, Beimel, Ayala, etc. are near locks to get multi year deals.
Or, if having the player back on a 1 year deal wouldn't hurt the team, since the player's projected salary isn't too high for his production level and the team can afford it. This is mainly relievers, but Embree, Shouse, Weathers, Rhodes, Reyes, etc.
Posted by: melonis rex | November 29, 2008 at 10:39 AM
"For players like Garrett Anderson, who the Angels just paid $3M to buy out of his $14M option year, it doesn't make sense to then offer arbitration."
That $3 million is mis-conceived as a buy out. That $3 million was part of Anderson's total salary package and the buy out was for $11 million.
Posted by: AA | November 29, 2008 at 02:03 PM