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Sportsunbiased.com: How does the process of salary arbitration work? During salary arbitration the player and the team each exchange numbers for the contract for the following season. The club’s offer must be at least the same amount that the same amount as the player earned the previous season. The player’s offer can be as high as they like but the two parties must come to an agreement on a number. If the team and the player cannot find common ground by the January deadline then an arbitration hearing is scheduled. Arbitration hearings are scheduled between February 1st and February 21st. Actually, these hearings rarely come to fruition because the players and clubs are still allowed to negotiate between the deadline and the scheduled hearing. Usually they come to a middle number. If, for example, a player wants $10 million and a club offers $8 million the two will agree on $9 million in order to avoid a hearing. What happens if an arbitration hearing does take place? If an arbitration hearing is held each party is allowed one hour to present their case to a panel of three judges. A player’s accomplishments or lack thereof are brought into play as can be the team’s record and attendance. The gamble with going to a hearing is that there will only be one winner. The court has 24 hours to make a decision and will either side with the player or the team. The judges are not required to explain their decision.

Me too Baseball Prospectus: How does salary arbitration work? The process is what is known as "Final Offer Arbitration" (though in the world of alternative dispute resolution it is now becoming known simply as "Baseball Arbitration"). In mid-January, each side to the dispute submits a salary figure to a panel of independent arbitrators. After a few hours of hearings, held in early February, the arbitrators pick one figure or the other. The arbitrator cannot "split the baby" and settle on a salary in the middle of the spread between the club's figure and the player's. One side leaves the arbitration a winner and the other a loser, heightening risk and encouraging negotiation and settlement. This is the critical element of baseball arbitration: it is designed to produce a settlement, not a verdict.

And Colby's dad

F'n Dunedin man

f*** And it looks like Donaldson will likely go to arbitration

Shi Davidi Two notes on Drew Storen: He gets $50k at each of 35/45/55 games finished; #Nationals are to send #BlueJays difference from Revere salary

I don't believe anything AA says anymore That said, these are teams that front offices build nowadays. You have top work together. You want to work with certain people and not others. It's probably as simple as that.

Who has time to add up the payroll as it stands without Donaldson??

Ouch re Storen

$avez Edit: I forgot, he keeps losing the closer's role

We kind of need him to since we jettisoned Revere

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/millean01.shtml#contracts

Donaldson lost his arbitration case last year If you're his agent do you roll the dice again this year?? (obv depends on what Jays are offering on a 1 year deal but...)

Not too bad At least now they can afford Donaldson

Me too but with how good he's been I doubt you'd be able to sign him to anything in the range of 3.8M AAV or even have the first year that cheap

Ben Nicholson-Smith #BlueJays avoid arb with Brett Cecil per source. $3.8 million

Cecil 3.8 M

It's a lot of guys too. As a reminder: Brett Cecil Jesse Chavez Steve Delabar Josh Donaldson Drew Hutchison Aaron Loup Michael Saunders Drew Storen

Gut says we're going to arbitration with all of our guys

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Lawrie dunking >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Stroman

I still can't believe he jumped that