[mikev]

Arbitration Awards For 2020

Arbitration.

In the former MLB, historically, it's something that a small amount of players go through. A much more common occurance was for teams and players to settle on a one year contract and avoid arbitration, as neither side really wanted to argue why their dollar amount was worthy, for obvious reasons.

Not true in the GUBA. Tons of guys go to arbitration, and that's the case with the Crusaders. Here's how the figures ended up:

Luis Sanchez - $570K

I thought I released him. Eh. Essentially league minimum for a replacement level hitter and good infield defense. Whatever.

Jorge Cisneros - $570K

Thought I released him too. Damn.

Lewis Kramer - $3M

Kramer was very good for us, tossing 100 innings of 4.15 ERA relief for us. He's got 4 stamina, too. I wonder how he'd fare as a starter?

Carlos Guzman - $2.2M

Guzman was basically Lewis Kramer for 200 innings. Yes, we'll take that for sure at the back of the rotation.

Cary Lind - $950K

Lind was, IMO, smoke and mirros last year. 45 innings, 26 strikeouts, 14 walks, but a 2.80 ERA and 1.09 WHIP. He'll make just under a million bucks next year, but I don't expect him to be better than Kramer.

Crawford Tetreault - $4M

I think I won this one. Tetreault was fantastic last season, and at 28 is awfully cheap. I gotta try and sign him for a couple more years, he's gonna get expensive next year.

Mario GARICA - $5M

He was asking for 7.5M if I recall, so we won this deal. He's our ace, but he missed half the year. Like Tetreault, he's about to get expensive.

Ruben Velez - $7M

The 25 year old hit .312/.356/.463, 17 homers, 28 doubles. Yeha, he filled up the stat sheet pretty well. He also lumped. Twice. Contact AND gap. Now he's expensive and average. ****.

David Esquivel - $6M

69 games. 234 ABs. Yes, he put up an .894 OPS, but it was A THIRD OF A SEASON. We'd offered him 2.2M and he made 3x that much. Ridiculous.

Rolando Salinas - $570K

Salinas was good in limited time, but there's value in a guy who can go eat up innings and not get shelled. That is, as long as he NEVER faces lefties. .914 OPS against? OUCH.

Romain Combes - $570K

Backup catcher. Nuff said.