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chris_synan1
Salty needs to be more consistent offensively and raise his batting average this season
vtadave
Yeah all he needs to do is make better contact, hit for more power, run faster, and play better defense.
Simple enough.
Rangersfan32 2
At least he’s not having problems throwing to the mound anymore.
Leonard Washington
Wasn’t really that bad on D. 16 HR is more than most starting catchers. Catchers arn’t fast and its not really something you can improve much on. So making better contact, pitch selection, and refining his D would be the things he really needs to work on.
MaineSox
Salty was within .5 WAR of guys like Soto, Ruiz, Martin, Suzuki, and Ramos in 100 fewer plate appearances (he was actually higher than Soto an Suzuki).
johnsilver
Yep.. He was not bad all in all. Threw pretty well after the 1st month of the season once runners figured out he was going to get the ball to 2nd base and in a hurry.
vonhayesdays
how about 500 thousand for every letter in his last name
bonestock94
Start planning the parade!
/every red sox fan last year with minor yankee signings
Leonard Washington
Salty is not without his flaws but I like his chances of building on his progress.
Joe Huber
salty’s d is very good but raiseing his avg and he could be the redsox catcher for a long time
KingofKauff
What makes this non guaranteed? It’s obviously not a split contract.
BaseballWizard
Arbitration contracts by default are not guaranteed. This includes any cases that end in hearings (win or loss). Some teams will guarantee arbitration contracts but it has to be a negotiating point.
For most players it won’t matter as the contract essentially becomes guaranteed after the player makes the team out of spring training. If a player on a non-guaranteed arbitration contract is cut in spring training, he’s given at least 1/6 of the contract in severance pay (and this fraction increases the closer it gets to Opening Day).
Doug
Wow, $2.5 mil for SALTY? Well, that’s $2.5 mil less the Sawx have to spend on GOOD players, so I like it!
pmlovesbball
Typo alert: “catchers are known the develop late”? Switch “the” for “to.”
Dennis
A possible 500% raise for Ellsbury, yet there’s never a drop in salary if a player doesn’t do squat. And the owners are great businessmen?