The Cubs and right-handed reliever Pedro Strop have reached a deal to avoid arbitration, tweets Mark Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune. Strop’s 2017 salary will be $5.5MM – a little above the $5.3MM midpoint. As MLBTR’s Arbitration Tracker shows, Strop had been seeking $6MM, while the Cubs’ $4.6MM offer came in well below that figure.
MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz projected Strop would receive $5.5MM via arbitration on the heels of a third straight excellent season. Strop, 31, logged a sub-3.00 ERA (2.85, to be exact) and at least 20 holds (21) for the third consecutive year. He also posted tremendous strikeout and walk rates of 11.41 and 2.85, respectively, to go with a lofty 58.5 percent ground-ball mark. Injuries limited Strop to 47 1/3 regular-season innings, his lowest total since 2011, but he did get solid results over 5 2/3 playoff frames for the World Series champions. In postseason series wins over the Giants, Dodgers and Indians, Strop struck out three and yielded two earned runs on three hits and one walk.
With Strop’s salary now set for 2017, the Cubs have settled with all of their arbitration-eligible players. Strop could be entering his final season with the club, as he’s scheduled to become a free agent next winter.
So they “Stroped” just short of going to arbitration?
This is terrible, just terrible.
sometimes jokes are so bad yet they still make you laugh. that was one lol
I admit it was bad, the interesting thing about this is Theo has yet to have a Cub player go to arbitration in his tenure with the Cubs.
I don’t think he has ever gone to arbitration ?
That’s not even how you pronounce his name, making the dumb joke even worse.
So spring training starts soon… are there still players in the arbitration process? How close to the season starting would this have to be settled?
The hearings would take place before Spring Training if they don’t settle.
Arbitration cases are settled the same day they’re heard.
Strop is getting paid less than Hector Rondon, which is kinda lame, all things considered.
Why is that lame? Hector is getting 5.8 and was closing ahead of Strop and Strop agreed to 5.5. So how is it lame?