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Email a copy of 'Cody Ross Wins Arbitration Hearing' to a friend
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cseehausen
Heh, I hadn’t heard about this. They want to arbitration over a quarter of a million bucks? Really? It was that important to them? Of course, this is the Marlins we’re talking about.
InTheKZone
“Of course, this is the Marlins we’re talking about.”
Exactly!
Guest 1612
That extra couple hundred thousand dollars could have been used a long way.
TimotheusATL
I think I remember reading that the Marlins are a club that simply doesn’t negotiate past the exchanging of salary figures as a matter of club policy.
Bigmouth
At 1.8 WAR, $4.45 million per year is a bargain.
Suzysman
Not really. A win has been going for as low as like 3-3.5 MM this offseason. Plus, Ross is only in his second year of arbitration – he should be cost controlled at a much lower then market value salary.
4.45 MM in the second year of Arbitration is a pretty big price for a player hovering around average production. In fact, a salary that high got many similar average players non-tendered this offseason, only to see them sign 1-3 MM contracts in the end.
Bigmouth
Your point is well taken about Ross’s service time, but even at $3 million/WAR, they still come out ahead on the deal. My point is simply that advanced metrics don’t disfavor this contract, contrary to what the article’s reference to Ross’s negative UZR seemed to imply.