Arbitration Antics!
The following players signed contracts with their current teams, avoiding arbitration:
Scott Rolen (8.6), Ugueth Urbina (6.7), Robert Person (6.25), Javier Vazquez (4.725), Kevin Millwood (3.9), Freddy Garcia (3.8), Kerry Wood (3.69), Jason Johnson (2 years, 4.7), Odalis Perez (0.625), Al Levine (1.325), Jay Witasick (1.25), Mike Venafro (0.812), Eli Marrero (0.85), Sean Lowe (0.95), Adrian Brown (0.45), Abraham Nunez (0.55), Jeff Weaver (3.25), John Halama (1.4), Charles Gipson (0.45), Michael Barrett (1.15), Trot Nixon (2.7), Paul Wilson (1.2), Aaron Boone (2.1), Juan Encarnacion (1.55)
These aren’t given a ridiculous number of individual entries for two reasons. First, these are essentially procedural moves; all these players would be playing for the same teams and the only difference for the vast majority of these players was a few hundred thousand bucks here or there.
Second, if I had to write 20-some individual transactions about the difference between so-and-so making 2.1 million and 2.4 million, I’d encourage Jim to add 25 pop-up ads for free wireless video cameras or secret books on how to cheaply burn DVDs just to share my personal hell with you guys.
The Rolen signing is interesting in that it seems to be the most the Phillies have ever paid a player, which is truly sad.
Dan Szymborski
Posted: January 19, 2002 at 05:15 AM |
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1. BrianI think there has got to be a law of competitive dynamics that's going to impose itself sometime soon ... some team or teams, whether on purpose or by accident, is/are going to buck the "closer" usage norm, and discover an on-field competitive advantage. This will force other teams to follow their lead, and the 1-inning "closer" mania will at last be dispelled.
Mark my words: a generation from now, the "closer" will be seen as a quaint relic, an outrageous fashion from the 1990s/2000s, as unlikely to appear again as the 80-to-100 SB/year leadoff men of the late 70s/early 80s, the 325+ inning/year ace starters of the early 70s, or the sacrifice bunt in the 1st inning from days of yore.
If you're saying they should have dealt him for Prokepec a while back, I'd agree. But if you're saying they paid more than they should have for him, they had no choice if they wanted to keep him.
But seriously, back to the subject at hand: what was really idiotic was the Raiders electing to take a knee when they had possession with 20-something seconds left in regulation time. Note to Jon Gruden: in that situation, the game is in sudden death -- JUST LIKE OVERTIME! You have NOTHING TO GAIN, and SOMETHING VITAL (called POSSESSION) TO LOSE, by taking a knee in that situation. What a dimwit.
I was rooting for the Raiders. Can you tell? I'm not ordinarily much of a Raider fan, but with the 49ers out of it, I figured what the hell. And then they go and pull this big El Foldo after the close call goes against them. Sheesh.
How long again is it until spring training?
Nothing like putting an off-topic post in the wrong thread, too. I think I'll go stand in the corner now.
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We expect this move if approved to improve the Expos revenue streams considerably. We hope this helps Jim and the rest of the BaseballPrimer staff make a decision about popup advertising.
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