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Rangers, Mike Napoli Avoid Arbitration

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | February 11, 2012 at 6:33pm CDT

The Rangers have avoided arbitration with Mike Napoli, agreeing to a one-year, $9.4MM contract for 2012, MLBTR has learned. Agent Brian Grieper of Paragon Sports International represents Napoli.

Napoli had filed for $11.5MM, while the Rangers countered with $8.3MM, as MLBTR's Arbitration Tracker shows.  Napoli, 30, earned $5.8MM in 2011 and obtains the second-highest raise any third or fourth-time eligible position player has obtained (trailing just Prince Fielder). He is the fourth catcher in baseball history to average 20 home runs per year in his first six MLB seasons, joining Roy Campanella, Johnny Bench and Mike Piazza. The Rangers have now agreed to terms with all of their arbitration eligible players.

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37 Comments

  1. John McFadin

    13 years ago

    I was expecting him to earn more.  Something around 10 million or so.  Good to hear there will be no hearings for the Rangers this year.

    Reply
    • KyleB

      13 years ago

      Well, $9.4M is pretty close to $10M lol

      Reply
      • John McFadin

        13 years ago

        While somewhat close, people always forget (because of the enormity of contracts these days) that 600K is quite a big difference, haha.

        Reply
    • Alan Hanson S. Mafra

      13 years ago

      Me too. 10M was what I was expecting, as he probably will look for a 80M/5Y or even 100M/6Y next offseason.

      Reply
      • redsx968

        13 years ago

        Napoli will not get $100 million

        Reply
  2. Madman2TX

    13 years ago

    Hopefully Napoli will have another monster season culminating in a World Series championship this year.

    Reply
    • Goose

      13 years ago

      Window’s closed, Tex.

      Reply
      • Kurisu Rg

        13 years ago

        Yeah, cause the 54 year-old Albert Pujols is gonna lead the otherwise punchless Anaheim offense into the promised land every year, right?

        Reply
        • Goose

          13 years ago

          I’m an A’s fan, actually.

          Reply
        • Goose

          13 years ago

          Dear Mr. Dierkes,

          If my comment insinuating that Mike Napoli was a rabid steroid user was deleted, shouldn’t Kurisu Rg’s comment be deleted, as well? He seems to be insinuating that Albert Pujols faked his credentials to appear younger to the MLB. Both offenses are punished by MLB, so I think it is only right that you do the same. 

          Thank you for keeping us all safe in the face of negative commentary by anonymous sources.

          Love,
          Goose

          Reply
          • Maury Brown 2

            13 years ago

            Reason #57895 why I should never engage in fan comments. Oy.

            Reply
            • Goose

              13 years ago

              Huh?

              Reply
      • KyleB

        13 years ago

        You’re so cool, wow.

        Reply
        • Goose

          13 years ago

          I know!

          Reply
  3. cards2WS

    13 years ago

    That is some elite company right there…

    Reply
  4. Bill German

    13 years ago

    trading Naps(for a washed up Vernon Wells)  goes in the same catagory as letting Nolan Ryan go what were the Angels thinking, well what was Sciocia thinking cause he didnt like Naps. And he had a mancrush on a guy that couldnt hit his weight.The smartest thing Dipito did all off season was getting rid of Mathis.By the way I think Vernon Wells and Andrew Jones are working out together this off season….Ricky Henderson is better then both of them as we speak…..Ill take Ricky at 53 rather then Wells or Jones at 33

    Reply
    • Arnold Pierce

      13 years ago

      Agreed.  I think Mike Scioscia has been great for the team, but he sure had a brain freeze on Napoli and a man crush on Mathis. 

      Reply
    • RBJ

      13 years ago

      Napoli didn’t produce at half the clip he did in 2011 before he was traded. He was unfocused. He made several mental errors. He hit .182 with RISP. I don’t know if it was the trade or the protection of the Texas lineup, but it’s like a light-switch was flipped with him. That 2nd half of 2011 came out of nowhere. We’ll see if he comes back down to earth in 2012.

      Reply
    • RBJ

      13 years ago

      Napoli didn’t produce at half the clip he did in 2011 before he was traded. He was unfocused. He made several mental errors. He hit .182 with RISP. I don’t know if it was the trade or the protection of the Texas lineup, but it’s like a light-switch was flipped with him. That 2nd half of 2011 came out of nowhere. We’ll see if he comes back down to earth in 2012.

      Reply
  5. Maury Brown 2

    13 years ago

    Are we sure on the largest raise? Alex Gordon? Rafeal Perez?

    Reply
  6. Maury Brown 2

    13 years ago

    Gordon’s raise was 240%

    Reply
    • martinfv2

      13 years ago

      I think Ben is referring to total dollars in a raise.

      Reply
      • Maury Brown 2

        13 years ago

        ???

        Reply
        • Alan Hanson S. Mafra

          13 years ago

          He meant an absolute raise (3.4M more), not the relative % of what he earned last year.

          Reply
          • Maury Brown 2

            13 years ago

            That doesn’t jibe, either. 

            Anibal Sanchez – $4.3M
            Shaun Marcum – $3.775M
            Cole Hamels – $5.5M
            Melky Cabrera – $4.75M
            Tim Lincecum – $5M
            Mike Napoli – $3.6M

            Before you say, “Lincecum is a second time arb player,” that’s not how it works. It’s based on eligibility. 

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            • gammaraze

              13 years ago

              You CLEARLY missed the words “position player”.
              Sanchez – pitcher
              Marcum – pitcher
              Hamels – pitcher
              Lincecum – pitcher, AND he specified 3rd or 4th time and explicitly NOT 2nd time, it’s EXACTLY how it works when that’s how it’s specified.

              Melky Cabrera is a special case.  He was a free agent last year.  Not sure if he was eligible for arbitration last year after being non-tendered…

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              • Maury Brown 2

                13 years ago

                You’re absolutely right… did miss that.

                For fun…. here’s all the position players 3rd or 4th (by Players “2011 MLST” “2011 Salary” “2012 Salary” “Increase”) Cabrera still beats out Napoli. Still…. nice bit of work with for him. Above average for his MLS

                Players
                2011

                MLST
                2011

                Salary
                2012

                Salary
                Increase

                Michael Bourn
                5.028
                $4,400,000
                $6,845,000
                $2,445,000

                Miguel Montero
                5.031
                $3,200,000
                $5,900,000
                $2,700,000

                Jeff Baker
                5.049
                $1,180,000
                $1,375,000
                $195,000

                Alex Gordon
                4.092
                $1,400,000
                $4,755,000
                $3,355,000

                Erick Aybar
                5.086
                $3,000,000
                $5,075,000
                $2,075,000

                Andre Ethier
                5.153
                $9,250,000
                $10,950,000
                $1,700,000

                James Loney
                5.012
                $4,880,000
                $6,375,000
                $1,495,000

                Russell Martin
                5.150
                $4,000,000
                $7,500,000
                $3,500,000

                Hunter Pence
                4.156
                $6,900,000
                $10,400,000
                $3,500,000

                Carlos Quentin
                5.065
                $5,050,000
                $7,025,000
                $1,975,000

                Melky Cabrera
                5.148
                $1,250,000
                $6,000,000
                $4,750,000

                Angel Pagan
                5.144
                $3,500,000
                $4,650,000
                $1,150,000

                B.J. Upton
                5.126
                $4,830,000
                $7,000,000
                $2,170,000

                Mike Napoli
                5.151
                $5,800,000
                $9,400,000
                $3,600,000

                Kelly Johnson
                6.127
                $5,850,000
                $6,375,000
                $525,000

                Jesus Flores
                4.079
                $750,000
                $815,000
                $65,000

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  7. 2255deb

    13 years ago

    Good for Mike!!!

    Reply
  8. tennisace13

    13 years ago

    Hopefully we can now get some multi-year deals with a few players as well.

    Reply
  9. Chillin_in_California

    13 years ago

    NAPOLI NAPOLI NAPOLI NAPOLI. Last year was the year of the Napoli this year will be the year of YUUUUUUUUUUUU.

    Reply
    • gmenfan 2

      13 years ago

      Well, that’s what YU think anyways.

      Reply
      • Chillin_in_California

        13 years ago

        Dude Yu killed it.

        Reply
        • gmenfan 2

          13 years ago

          YU have no idea what YU are talking about.

          Reply
  10. gammaraze

    13 years ago

    So the Rangers go into arbitration season with 3 players heading towards hearings, thinking it would be nearly impossible to walk out without going to a single hearing, and yet manage to pull off just that.

    Reply
  11. gammaraze

    13 years ago

    So the Rangers go into arbitration season with 3 players heading towards hearings, thinking it would be nearly impossible to walk out without going to a single hearing, and yet manage to pull off just that.

    Reply
  12. Allen Aimar

    13 years ago

    McCann has also averaged more than 20 homeruns in his first 6 years. 

    Reply
  13. Allen Aimar

    13 years ago

    I guess if you count 2005, where he only had 204 ABs, he did not.  So I will self-correct.

    Reply

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