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Originally Posted by conception
It may be because players in arbitration still do not earn near the money that free agents will earn. That's the way it is in real life.
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Well, that's not exactly true. K-Rod got $10 million in arbitration recently, as did Ryan Howard. Carlos Zambrano was offered over $11 million in '07.
You may argue these are far below what these guys would've made via FA, but I doubt it's half as much.