Odds and Ends: Hearings, Anderson, Selig

Links for Monday…

• MLB.com’s Tom Singer looks at the effects of arbitration hearings on players.  He found that most players don’t experience a post-hearing performance decline, but they do change teams at the first opportunity.
• MLB.com’s Lyle Spencer says the Angels and Ervin Santana are $725K apart with a hearing scheduled for later this month and "no progress" according to GM Tony Reagins.
• The Tigers are hopeful about bridging the $950K gap with Justin Verlander.
• Athletics Nation’s conversation with MLB.com’s Mychael Urban, Part 2.
• Scot Gregor of the Daily Herald wouldn’t be surprised to see the White Sox trade Brian Anderson.
• Murray Chass reflects on the Homestead camp for unsigned players heading into the 1995 season.
• Commissioner Bud Selig earned $18.35MM in the last fiscal year, according to Eric Fisher of Sports Business Journal.
• The latest minor league transactions from Baseball America, including the Nationals’ signing of Alex Cintron and the Rockies’ addition of Scott Munter.
• Even with a new stadium, the Marlins will continue to prefer going year-to-year with most players.