More 2010 salary agreements are expected in advance of Tuesday's noon deadline for exchanging arbitration figures.
- Chad Durbin has avoided salary arbitration, agreeing to a $2.125MM contract with the Phillies, tweets Todd Zolecki of MLB.com. This marks an increase over the $1.635MM he received by avoiding arbitration last year.
- The Rockies signed Ryan Spilborghs to a two-year deal worth $3.25MM, reports Troy Renck of The Denver Post. The 30-year-old, who was arb-eligible for the first time, could earn an additional $1.15MM in incentives over the course of the deal.
- Arizona agreed to terms with right-handed pitchers Chad Qualls and Aaron Heilman, reports Steve Gilbert of MLB.com (via Twitter). Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated tweets that Heilman gets $2.15MM whereas Qualls will make $4.185MM in 2010. This was the third arbitration-eligible year for both players.
- The Bombers avoided arbitration with their last two eligible players, Chad Gaudin and Boone Logan, according to Chad Jennings of the LoHud Yankees Blog. This was Gaudin's third arbitration-eligible year and Logan's very first. Marc Carig of the Newark Star Ledger reports that Gaudin will make $2.95MM with incentives while Logan will make $590K.
- The Rangers agreed to terms with pitcher C.J. Wilson on a one-year deal worth $3.1MM, reports T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com. The deal represents a $1.25MM raise in base pay for the 29-year-old, who avoided his first potential arbitration hearing this time a year ago.
- The Reds agreed to terms with Jared Burton, their last arbitration-eligible player, reports John Fay of The Cincinnati Enquirer. This was Burton's first flirtation with the arbitration process.
- The Marlins avoided arbitration with Anibal Sanchez and Renyel Pinto by signing each to one-year deals, according to the Marlins' official twitter page. This is the first go-round in arbitration for both players. Sanchez will earn $1.25MM with up to $100K in bonuses, reports Jon Paul Morosi (via Twitter). Pinto will make $1.075 according to the Associated Press.
- Tony Pena and the White Sox have avoided arbitration, agreeing to terms on a one-year deal, tweets White Sox VP Scott Reifert. Pena will earn $1.2MM, according to Chris De Luca of the Chicago Sun-Times (via Twitter). This was the 28-year-old's first time being arbitration-eligible.
- Marlins second baseman Dan Uggla settled at $7.8MM, writes MLB.com's Joe Frisaro. It's a $2.45MM raise for the slugger, who was arb-eligible for the second time. He remains a trade candidate. Uggla told Frisaro he was happy to avoid a hearing, even after winning last year.
- The Brewers signed outfielder Jody Gerut for 2010, reports Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. MLB.com's Adam McCalvy pegs the value at $2MM, a $225K raise. This is Gerut's final arbitration year.
- Blue Jays pitcher Shaun Marcum, who missed '09 due to Tommy John surgery, signed for $850K tweets Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports. 2010 is Marcum's first arbitration year.
great value for the jays if he can return to his 08 form
850k for the ace of the staff lol
Hey, no Marcum bashing, he’ll be a beast this year mark my words. It would be nice if he wasn’t forced to be the ace, but its not something which would bother him. Hopefully he put a few more mph’s on that fastball though.
I, too think Marcum will beast it this year.. Romero on the other hand is going to fall back down to Earth, fast
What makes you think Romero will ‘fall back to Earth’? A 4.30ERA and I suppose a 1.52WHIP is respectable for a rookie season, and I’d say his numbers inflated big time over the last 2 months because of fatigue. Marcum on the other hand, if recovered completely from TJ, should return to his ’08 form, possibly better.
Your right marcum will be fire as long as he gets location down in spring training. romero will be a 4th-5th starter at best classic gustavo chacin
Marcum’s the sh*t! I don’t like the Jays, but pre-injury Marcum was one of the better up and coming pitchers around. Hopefully he comes back better than ever.
White Sox + Tony Pena = 1.2mm
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Marcum for Cy Young!
First let’s keep him healthy!
I’m glad Aaron Hyman is now in the dbacks fold.
A big day in Baseball today.
2mil for Judy Gerut? If the Brewers didn’t sign him and let him go to free agency, he’d be lucky to get a minor league deal! Bad move.
hey tim what ever happened to linkin stats to names on this site i know some people were requesting it is anyone looking into that it would be nice to click on a name to check stats thats the only thing i tghink that is missing on this site
I thought the fish were under pressure to spend. !.25 for Anibal? A combined $10MM for Uggla, Anibal, Pinto? What a stea.