The Dodgers have struck a deal with lefty Tony Cingrani to avoid arbitration, per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic (via Twitter). It’ll include a guaranteed, $2.65MM salary, per the report.
Standard arbitration contracts are not fully guaranteed, so obviously something spurred the Dodgers to do so in this case. The salary does not fall far from the $2.7MM MLBTR projection, but his reps at the Bledsoe Agency may have been able to argue for more.
The 29-year-old Cingrani only managed to throw 22 2/3 MLB innings in 2018, and carried an unsightly 4.76 ERA. It sounds funny to say it, but he was otherwise quite impressive. Cingrani racked up 14.3 K/9 with just 2.4 BB/9 while drawing grounders on half of the balls put in play against him. And he drew swings and misses at a career-best 13.8% rate.
Awesome that you guys include what the player got compared to the prediction. Can you also include what year of arbitration eligibility it was for each player (1st year, 2nd, 3rd, Super-2, etc.). Thanks!
woohoo i liked the guy…. no nonsense pitcher
Great news for Cingrani and Dodgers. Team confident that his 2018 shoulder issues were temporary and will be ready to contribute in 2019. Cingrani, Alexander, and Ferguson make a formidable group of LH’ers in BP.
Good.
I like it. I’d like to see the Dodgers move Maeda and Stripling to the bullpen full time also.