The deadline for teams to offer arbitration to their free agents is Tuesday, December 1. As you might know, a team cannot receive compensaton for a Type A
or Type B fee agent unless it offers that free agent arbitration and the player declines. It will be interesting to see what players are offered arbitration
this year, particualrly those players that the Red Sox have expressed interested in. Here is the list of the pending Type A and B free agents for this
off-season. We'll use this thread to track which players are offered arbitration over the next few days.
Bold = offered arbitration; strikethrough = team declined to offer arbitration
Type A
Matt Holliday, OF, St. Louis 95.96 (rumor: will undoubtedly be offered arb)
Jose Valverde, RP, Houston 89.874 (unclear)
Jason Bay, OF, Boston 89.859 (rumor: will undoubtedly be offered arb)
Mike Gonzalez, RP, Atlanta 84.268 (rumor: will likely be offered arb)
John Lackey, SP, LA Angels 83.865 (rumor: will undoubtedly be offered arb)
Rafael Soriano, RP, Atlanta 83.667 (rumor: will likely NOT be offered arb)
Marco Scutaro, IF, Toronto 83.069 (rumor: will likely be offered arb)
Billy Wagner, RP, Boston 76.377 (rumor: will likely be offered arb)
Rafael Betancourt, RP, Colorado 75.830 (rumor: will likely be offered arb)
Chone Figgins, IF, LA Angels 73.684 (rumor: will undoubtedly be offered arb)
Johnny Damon, OF, NY Yankees 85.634 (unclear)
Orlando Hudson, IF, LA Dodgers 82.488 (rumor: will likely NOT be offered arb)
Bengie Molina, C, San Francisco 81.224 (rumor: will likely be offered arb)
Miguel Tejada, IF, Houston 81.143 (rumor: will likely NOT be offered arb)
Randy Wolf, SP, LA Dodgers 77.778 (rumor: will likely be offered arb)
LaTroy Hawkins, RP, Houston 76.344 (unclear)
Jermaine Dye, OF, Chicago White Sox 76.338 (rumor: will likely NOT be offered arb)
Darren Oliver, RP, LA Angels 75.543 (rumor: will likely be offered arb)
Kevin Gregg, RP, Chicago Cubs 75.114 (rumor: will likely NOT be offered arb)
Placido Polanco, IF, Detroit 74.286 (unclear, coflicting speculation)
Octavio Dotel, RP, Chicago White Sox 68.007 (rumor: will likely NOT be offered arb)
Type B
Marlon Byrd, OF, Texas 72.394
Mark DeRosa, IF, St. Louis 70.330
Adrian Beltre, IF, Seattle 69.925
Brandon Lyon, RP, Detroit 67.536
Joel Pineiro, SP, St. Louis 67.302
Jason Marquis, SP, Colorado 62.540
Rod Barajas, C, Toronto 61.905
Brian Shouse, RP, Tampa Bay 59.674
Carl Pavano, SP, Minnesota 59.663
Fernando Rodney, RP, Detroit 58.804
Gregg Zaun, C, Tampa Bay 52.814
Rich Harden, SP, Chicago Cubs 76.667
Andy Pettitte, SP, NY Yankees 75.621
Felipe Lopez, IF, Milwaukee 71.889
Vladimir Guerrero, OF, LA Angels 71.111
Melvin Mora, IF, Baltimore 70.677
Vicente Padilla, SP, LA Dodgers 70.159
Xavier Nady, OF, NY Yankees 69.014
Scott Eyre, RP, Philadelphia 68.192
Erik Bedard, SP, Seattle 67.819
Brian Giles, OF, San Diego 67.273
Troy Glaus, IF, St. Louis 67.033
Braden Looper, SP, Milwaukee 66.349
Jon Garland, SP, LA Dodgers 65.635
Garret Anderson, OF, Atlanta 65.455
Doug Davis, SP, Arizona 64.762
Randy Winn, OF San Francisco 64.747
Kiko Calero, RP, Florida 64.216
Guillermo Mota, RP, LA Dodgers 63.987
Chan Ho Park, RP, Philadelphia 63.873
Bob Howry, RP, San Francisco 63.587
Randy Johnson, SP, San Francisco 63.492
Jason Kendall, C, Milwaukee 63.061
Joe Beimel, RP, Colorado 62.872
Fernando Tatis, IF, NY Mets 62.727
Ronnie Belliard, IF, LA Dodgers 62.673
Will Ohman, RP, LA Dodgers 62.471
Mike Cameron, OF, Milwaukee 62.424
Doug Brocail, RP, Houston 61.327
David Weathers, RP, Milwaukee 61.241
Yorbit Torrealba, C, Colorado 61.224
Russ Springer, RP, Tampa Bay 60.870
Adam LaRoche, 1B, Atlanta 60.000
Carlos Delgado, 1B, NY Mets 60.000
Miguel Olivo, C, Kansas City 58.658
Nick Johnson, 1B, Florida 58.519
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Posts: 315 11/28/09 11:18 AM |
Thanks for posting this thread, sp. I'll look forward to checking it on Wednesday and beyond.
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Posts: 337 11/28/09 1:40 PM |
I think there are going to be more players accepting arbitration this year than even the clubs realize. The Alex Gonzalez signing shows that this is going to
be an unusual market because the agents and players are going to be conservative. In pervious years, Gonzalez might have waited hoping for a multi-year deal
but knowing he'd at least get $2-$3M no matter what happened. This year, players like Gonzalez risk having very small deals or no major league deal at all
if they wait.
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Posts: 6355 11/30/09 6:41 PM
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List of players offered arb.
Type A (10) Matt Holliday, OF, St. Louis 95.96 Jose Valverde, RP, Houston 89.874 Jason Bay, OF, Boston 89.859 Mike Gonzalez, RP, Atlanta 84.268 John Lackey, SP, LA Angels 83.865 Rafael Soriano, RP, Atlanta 83.667 Marco Scutaro, IF, Toronto 83.069 Billy Wagner, RP, Boston 76.377 (to sign with ATL) Rafael Betancourt, RP, Colorado 75.830 Chone Figgins, IF, Angels 73.684 Type B (13) Marlon Byrd, OF, Texas 72.394 Mark DeRosa, IF, St. Louis 70.330 Adrian Beltre, IF, Seattle 69.925 Brandon Lyon, RP, Detroit 67.536 Joel Pineiro, SP, St. Louis 67.302 Ivan Rodriguez, C, Texas 64.502 Jason Marquis, SP, Colorado 62.540 Rod Barajas, C, Toronto 61.905 Justin Duchscherer, SP, Oakland 60.018 Brian Shouse, RP, Tampa Bay 59.674 Carl Pavano, SP, Minnesota 59.663 Fernando Rodney, RP, Detroit 58.804 Gregg Zaun, C, Tampa Bay 52.814
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Posts: 390 12/01/09 12:17 AM |
amfox1 wrote:wouldn't it be a little risky for toronto to offer scutaro arbitration? they just signed gonzalez to play short, have one of the best, young 2B in the majors, and can't really mess around with payroll. sure, it's possible that scutaro won't accept it, but it would crush his market value if he gets offered arbitration and i don't see boston coughing up picks to a division rival for someone like marco scutaro. can toronto risk having him rewarded a fat arbitration sum (after a career year) when he would be returning as a backup? i suppose they could trade him should he accept arbitration. |
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Posts: 569 12/01/09 8:51 AM |
Will this is a case of you talking yourself into what you want to happen not what logically will happen. Sure you can come up with a reason to justify it, but
in reality arbitration is a one year deal. If Toronto got stuck with Scutaro for 1 year then they would deal with it most likely by trading him at some point.
This is also Scutaro's best (last?) chance at a multi year deal. He's the most "desired" short stop on the market and as long as he piggy
backs on another Type A guy or goes to a team who's going to lose another Type A then he'll get his contract. A little supressed perhaps, but
he'll get his money.
If Toronto doesn't offer arbitration then they are foolish and I'll be happy for the Sox to give him a 2 year deal. |
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Posts: 391 12/01/09 11:42 AM |
i'm not talking myself into what i want to happen.
the boston red sox would be better served with a different player at SS than marco scutaro. as recently as last year, the new york yankees surprised everyone by not offering bobby abreu arbitration, even though they are the richest team in the universe. toronto doesn't seem like a team that can risk arbitration with a backup infielder coming off a career year. |
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Posts: 632 12/01/09 11:51 AM |
willfulmurder wrote:It's really not all that much of a risk. First of all, Scutaro would need to accept arbitration, and why would he? He thinks he can get more money on the open market, he knows Toronto doesn't want him, and he knows he could be traded. And even if he accepted arbitration, Toronto is only stuck with a one-year contract. And he could still be traded. |
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Posts: 6356 12/01/09 12:10 PM
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COL offered arb to Marquis and Betancourt - did not offer to Torrealba or Beimel
CHC did not offer arb to Harden, Gregg or Johnson CHW did not offer arb to Dye or Dotel DET offered arb to Lyon and Rodney - did not offer to Polanco KC did not offer arb to Olivo SD did not offer arb to Giles TOR offered arb to Scutaro and Barajas
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Posts: 7230 12/01/09 12:15 PM
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It's really not all that much of a risk. First of all, Scutaro would need to accept arbitration, and why would he? He thinks he can get more money on the open market, he knows Toronto doesn't want him, and he knows he could be traded. And even if he accepted arbitration, Toronto is only stuck with a one-year contract. And he could still be traded.It's even less of a risk than that. Players signed through the arbitration process do not receive guaranteed contracts (the contracts are not guaranteed until the following season begins). Toronto could just cut Scutaro in spring training and all they would owe is 30 or 45 days of termination pay (depending on when he was cut). That's what happened with Tony Graffanino in 2006.
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Posts: 634 12/01/09 12:17 PM |
soxprospects wrote:Serious question: so why don't teams offer arbitration to every type A or B free agent who they don't want to re-sign?
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The termination pay adds up. 45 days of pay would amount to close to 1/4 of an annual contract. Also, I hear that the Union has threateend grievances if the
teams take advantage of the arbitration process.
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Posts: 392 12/01/09 12:52 PM |
well, rob neyer was kind enough to answer my question... so i'll just shaddup my face.
sean (seattle) marco scutaro: does toronto offer him arbitration? can they risk him accepting it now that he is their backup IF? if he's offered arbitration wouldn't that kill his value like it's done to relief pitchers? he's not exactly a guy you want to cough up a first round pick for... Rob Neyer (12:50 PM) Sure, I think they have to offer him arbitration. If he accepts, they can always trade him to one of the teams that needs a shortstop. |
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Posts: 1418 12/01/09 1:29 PM |
Madness is like gravity....all you need is a little push.
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Posts: 1422 12/01/09 3:23 PM |
No Yankees (Nady, Pettitte, Damon, Matsui), per Heyman.
Pretty sure that Heyman occupies the office next to Brian Cashman, so this sounds like it can counted as done. EDIT: confirmed by Sherman
Madness is like gravity....all you need is a little push.
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Posts: 640 12/01/09 3:26 PM |
buffs44444 wrote:He's actually Cashman's secretary/assistant/intern. |
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Scutaro being offered arb makes him a 100% no go for me. |
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Posts: 970 12/01/09 6:13 PM |
SexyBanana wrote:Agreed. He'd be a good utility IF, but one good offensive year doesn't justify giving up a draft pick and paying him the type of money he will earn. |
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On the other hand, Polanco and Hudson were NOT offered arb, so they could be signed without compensation. So the immediate comparison in the middle IF would
seem to be Pedroia at SS and Hudson/Polanco at 2B with no loss of draft picks, vs Pedroia at 2B, Scutaro at SS and a lost high pick. Makes the Scutaro option
look even worse.
Problem is, with Polanco and Hudson truly free, the market for them might develop quickly. If the Sox are serious about exploring all options at SS before moving Pedroia, these guys might be gobbled up before the Sox commit themselves to go that route.
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Posts: 1183 12/01/09 6:40 PM |
Sign me up for Polanco and Beltre, with Lowrie at AAA.
This team needs awesome infield defense again.
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Posts: 641 12/01/09 6:51 PM |
Being surrounded by Polanco and Beltre would definitely solve a lot of Pedroia's range problems at SS. But I don't see why Lowrie should be stuck at
AAA, rather than being a utility infielder.
And ASF makes a good point about the time sensitive nature of the Pedroia/SS solution. |
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