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Email a copy of 'Drew Smyly Wins Arbitration Hearing Over Rays' to a friend
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evelandsrule
Smyly should be proud being the first player to win in arb against the Rays.
cxcx
Why always generically talk about a “higher launching point” than just say how much more he will end up making as a result of the win? He will make $575,000 more this season and each of the following two seasons (assuming he remains good enough to be tendered a contract) than if he had lost this hearing. Whether he sees raises of $1m or $5m in subsequent arbitration years, the result of this hearing is that he will make $1,725,000 more in arbitration than had he lost.
rrieders
That’s not necessarily true because his $3.75 M salary for 2016 is not an accurate reflection of his value since a player who goes to a hearing almost always gets more/less than what he was actually worth.
A player coming off an arbitration award (as opposed to someone who avoids arbitration with a 1 year deal) gets treated differently.
mattdsmith
That’s just not how it works so that’s why they don’t say it that way?