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New York Mets, Keeping Arbitrators Unemployed

Edgy MD Jan 17 2014 12:22 PM

Continuing their historic pattern, spanning several regimess, of avoiding arbitration, the Mets announced today that they have settled with both Eric Young Jr. and Bobby Parnell. This follows on the heels of of arbitration agreements with Ike Davis and Ruben Tejada and Jonathan Niese. [list:1oawvzeh]Parnell: $3.7 million Davis: $3.5 million Young: $1.85 million Tejada: $1.1 million[/list:u:1oawvzeh] Still to come, Lucas Duda, Dillon Gee, and Daniel Murphy.

Edgy MD Jan 17 2014 01:32 PM Re: New York Mets, Keeping Arbitrators Unemployed

Daniel Murphy settles for $5.7 million, $50,000 bonus for 500 plate appearances.

d'Kong76 Jan 17 2014 02:55 PM Re: New York Mets, Keeping Arbitrators Unemployed

Don't really see how he's worth the money, I guess they're not broke again or something.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 17 2014 06:21 PM Re: New York Mets, Keeping Arbitrators Unemployed

Above-average-- warts and all-- starting second-baseman? Averaged 2.3 fWAR over the last three seasons? More valuable than Brandon Phillips, Ian Kinsler, or Howie Kendrick last year? That's not worth a high-priced-reliever's salary to you?

d'Kong76 Jan 17 2014 07:50 PM Re: New York Mets, Keeping Arbitrators Unemployed

Guess for me it's the warts. Team, owners, organization has an awful lot of warts.

Edgy MD Jan 17 2014 10:09 PM Re: New York Mets, Keeping Arbitrators Unemployed

Reports have Gee and the Mets and the Mets and Gee settling at $3.625 million, about .005 off from his ERA. If that's true, the arbitration chapter of the book of the offseason looks to be a brief one, with only Duda unsettled.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 18 2014 08:47 AM Re: New York Mets, Keeping Arbitrators Unemployed

I'm not sure Duda is unsettled; I think that's just the way his face looks.

Edgy MD Jan 21 2014 09:41 AM Re: New York Mets, Keeping Arbitrators Unemployed

The Gee settlement, as reported, is official Don't know what Duda is holding out for. Posters of trucks for his bedroom, I think.

Lefty Specialist Jan 21 2014 10:01 AM Re: New York Mets, Keeping Arbitrators Unemployed

Edgy MD wrote: The Gee settlement, as reported, is official Don't know what Duda is holding out for. Posters of trucks for his bedroom, I think. Home numbers of Las Vegas showgirls, perhaps.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 21 2014 01:11 PM Re: New York Mets, Keeping Arbitrators Unemployed

He'd probably be happy with a bright shiny object.

Zvon Jan 21 2014 02:46 PM Re: New York Mets, Keeping Arbitrators Unemployed

Benjamin Grimm wrote: He'd probably be happy with a bright shiny object. Flip him these, tell him their the keys to the Citi. Why is it postulated that Duda is "holding out".

Edgy MD Jan 21 2014 03:02 PM Re: New York Mets, Keeping Arbitrators Unemployed

Everybody else approaching arbitration has come to an agreement at or around the halfway point between the team's offer and the player's request. It certainly could be the team drawing a hard line. I imagine they draw up their budgets by taking whatever their offer is and adding 25% to it.

Zvon Jan 21 2014 03:06 PM Re: New York Mets, Keeping Arbitrators Unemployed

Edgy MD wrote: Everybody else approaching arbitration has come to an agreement at or around the halfway point between the team's offer and the player's request. It certainly could be the team drawing a hard line. I imagine they draw up their budgets by taking whatever their offer is and adding 25% to it. And maybe in The Dudes case deducting 25%.

Edgy MD Jan 22 2014 12:51 PM Re: New York Mets, Keeping Arbitrators Unemployed

Duda's in the fold!!

Zvon Jan 22 2014 02:16 PM Re: New York Mets, Keeping Arbitrators Unemployed

Edgy MD wrote: Duda's in the fold!! kool. I'm down on him sometimes but I have to admit he's a fine young man.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 22 2014 07:02 PM Re: New York Mets, Keeping Arbitrators Unemployed

"Yay! Squirrel pie f'r'n ev'ryone, on'm me!"