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Red Sox, Saltalamacchia Avoid Arbitration

By Dan Mennella | January 15, 2012 at 6:35pm CDT

The Red Sox and catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia have avoided arbitration by agreeing to terms on a one-year, non-guaranteed contract, the team announced. The deal is worth $2.5MM, tweets Scott Lauber of the Boston Herald.

Saltalamacchia, 27 in May, hit 16 homers and posted a .235/.288/.450 line in 386 plate-appearances for the Red Sox in 2011, his first full campaign in Boston. Once a highly touted prospect with the Braves, Salty has been something of a disappointment as a Major Leaguer, hitting .244/.307/.406 in nearly 1,300 career plate appearances over parts of five seasons, although catchers are known the develop late.

Matt Swartz of MLBTR projected Salty would earn $1.6MM in 2012 through arbitration, so the reported $2.5MM is favorable for the Munsey Sports Management client based on that projection.

Boston's remaining arbitration eligible players are Alfredo Aceves, Mike Aviles, Andrew Bailey, Daniel Bard, Jacoby Ellsbury, Franklin Morales and David Ortiz, according to Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe.

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  1. chris_synan1

    14 years ago

    Salty needs to be more consistent offensively and raise his batting average this season

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    • vtadave

      14 years ago

      Yeah all he needs to do is make better contact, hit for more power, run faster, and play better defense.

      Simple enough.

      Reply
      • Rangersfan32 2

        14 years ago

        At least he’s not having problems throwing to the mound anymore.

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      • Leonard Washington

        14 years ago

        Wasn’t really that bad on D. 16 HR is more than most starting catchers. Catchers arn’t fast and its not really something you can improve much on. So making better contact, pitch selection, and refining his D would be the things he really needs to work on. 

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      • mainesox

        14 years ago

        Salty was within .5 WAR of guys like Soto, Ruiz, Martin, Suzuki, and Ramos in 100 fewer plate appearances (he was actually higher than Soto an Suzuki).

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        • User 4245925809

          14 years ago

          Yep.. He was not bad all in all. Threw pretty well after the 1st month of the season once runners figured out he was going to get the ball to 2nd base and in a hurry.

          Reply
  2. vonhayesdays

    14 years ago

    how about 500 thousand for every letter in his last name 

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  3. bonestock94

    14 years ago

    Start planning the parade!

    /every red sox fan last year with minor yankee signings

    Reply
  4. Leonard Washington

    14 years ago

    Salty is not without his flaws but I like his chances of building on his progress.

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  5. Joe Huber

    14 years ago

    salty’s d is very good but raiseing his avg and he could be the redsox catcher for a long time

    Reply
  6. KingofKauff

    14 years ago

    What makes this non guaranteed? It’s obviously not a split contract.

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    • BaseballWizard

      14 years ago

      Arbitration contracts by default are not guaranteed.  This includes any cases that end in hearings (win or loss).  Some teams will guarantee arbitration contracts but it has to be a negotiating point.

      For most players it won’t matter as the contract essentially becomes guaranteed after the player makes the team out of spring training.  If a player on a non-guaranteed arbitration contract is cut in spring training, he’s given at least 1/6 of the contract in severance pay (and this fraction increases the closer it gets to Opening Day).

      Reply
  7. Doug

    14 years ago

    Wow, $2.5 mil for SALTY? Well, that’s $2.5 mil less the Sawx have to spend on GOOD players, so I like it!

    Reply
  8. pmlovesbball

    14 years ago

    Typo alert: “catchers are known the develop late”? Switch “the” for “to.”

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  9. Dennis

    14 years ago

     A possible 500% raise for Ellsbury, yet there’s never a drop in salary if a player doesn’t do squat. And the owners are great businessmen?

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