This year, 16 of the arbitration-eligible players qualified as Super Twos. These players go to arbitration four times instead of the normal three. Maury Brown of The Biz of Baseball has contributed the following table, and provides analysis and more detail here.
| Salary Arbitration 2009 – The Super Twos | |||||||||||||
|
Player
|
Pos
|
ST
|
Club
|
2008
|
Player Fig.
|
Club Fig.
|
Diff
|
Mid
|
+/- Mid
|
Date
|
Outcome
|
’09 Base Salary
|
Inc. from ’08 (%)
|
| Luke Scott |
OF
|
2.144
|
BAL
|
$430K
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1/20
|
$2.4M
|
458%
|
|
| Taylor Buchholz |
RP
|
2.140
|
CO
|
$399K
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1/20
|
$1.055M
|
164%
|
|
| Ricky Nolasco |
SP
|
2.142
|
FL
|
$390K
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1/20
|
$2.4M
|
515%
|
|
| Humberto Quintero |
C
|
2.141
|
HO
|
$405K
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1/19
|
$610K
|
51%
|
|
| Brian Bannister |
SP
|
2.158
|
KC
|
$421K
|
$2.025M
|
$1.45M
|
$575K
|
$1.7375M
|
$0
|
2/4
|
$1.7375M
|
313%
|
|
| Mike Napoli |
C
|
2.151
|
LAA
|
$401,500
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1/19
|
$2M
|
398%
|
|
| Andre Ethier |
OF
|
2.153
|
LAD
|
$424,500
|
$3.75M
|
$2.65M
|
$1.1M
|
$3.2M
|
-$100K
|
2/17
|
$3.1M
|
630%
|
|
| Russell Martin |
C
|
2.150
|
LAD
|
$500K
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1/20
|
$3.9M
|
680%
|
|
| Angel Pagan |
OF
|
2.144
|
NYM
|
$425K
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1/20
|
$575K
|
35%
|
|
| * Melky Cabrera |
OF
|
2.148
|
NYY
|
$461,200
|
$1.7M
|
$1.2M
|
$500K
|
$1.45M
|
-$50K
|
1/20
|
$1.4M
|
204%
|
|
| Cole Hamels |
SP
|
2.143
|
PH
|
$500K
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1/19
|
$4.35M
|
770%
|
|
| Jack Taschner |
RP
|
2.146
|
SF
|
$400,500
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1/20
|
$835K
|
108%
|
|
| Chris Duncan |
OF
|
2.144
|
SL
|
$439K
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1/19
|
$825K
|
88%
|
|
| Willy Aybar |
3B
|
2.153
|
TB
|
$401,200
|
$1.05M
|
$900K
|
$150K
|
$975K
|
$0
|
2/18
|
$975K
|
143%
|
|
| Brandon League |
RP
|
2.145
|
TO
|
$400,300
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1/19
|
$640K
|
60%
|
|
| Shawn Hill |
SP
|
2.153
|
WA
|
$402K
|
$775K
|
$500K
|
$275K
|
$637,500
|
$137,500
|
2/7
|
$775K
|
93%
|
|
