San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum asked $13 million for baseball betting in salary arbitration, a record for a player eligible for the first time, and Seattle pitcher Felix Hernandez closed in on a five-year contract with the Mariners.
Seventy-one players reached agreements with their teams ahead of yesterday’s exchange of figures, leaving 38 in arbitration.
The Giants offered $8 million to Lincecum, 40-17 with a 2.90 ERA since he was brought up early in the 2007 season. He won the NL CY Young Award in his each of first two full seasons, becoming the first repeat winner since Randy Johnson from 1999 to 2002. Lincecum was a bargain last year, when he made $650,000.
Lincecum also agreed yesterday to pay $513 to resolve marijuana charges against him in Washington State, stemming from a traffic stop on Oct. 30.
Tim Lincecum seeks record $13 million in baseball gambling salary arbitration.
Hernandez asked for the second-highest figure, $11.5 million, and the Mariners offered $7.2 million. He is due in Seattle for a physical needed to finalize his contract, a source said.
Jeff Francoeur and the New York Mets agreed to a $5 million, one-year contract, making him one of three players who settled with the team before going to salary arbitration. Relief pitchers Pedro Feliciano ($2.9 million) and Sean Green ($975,000) also agreed to one-year deals.
Boston Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon agreed to a $9.35 million, one-year deal, the highest salary for a reliever with at least four years of major-league service. The agreement surpassed Mariano Rivera’s $7.25 million contract after the 2000
Check out Baseball bet news site for the remaining players seeks in salary arbitration.
Seventy-one players reached agreements with their teams ahead of yesterday’s exchange of figures, leaving 38 in arbitration.
The Giants offered $8 million to Lincecum, 40-17 with a 2.90 ERA since he was brought up early in the 2007 season. He won the NL CY Young Award in his each of first two full seasons, becoming the first repeat winner since Randy Johnson from 1999 to 2002. Lincecum was a bargain last year, when he made $650,000.
Lincecum also agreed yesterday to pay $513 to resolve marijuana charges against him in Washington State, stemming from a traffic stop on Oct. 30.
Tim Lincecum seeks record $13 million in baseball gambling salary arbitration.
Hernandez asked for the second-highest figure, $11.5 million, and the Mariners offered $7.2 million. He is due in Seattle for a physical needed to finalize his contract, a source said.
Jeff Francoeur and the New York Mets agreed to a $5 million, one-year contract, making him one of three players who settled with the team before going to salary arbitration. Relief pitchers Pedro Feliciano ($2.9 million) and Sean Green ($975,000) also agreed to one-year deals.
Boston Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon agreed to a $9.35 million, one-year deal, the highest salary for a reliever with at least four years of major-league service. The agreement surpassed Mariano Rivera’s $7.25 million contract after the 2000
Check out Baseball bet news site for the remaining players seeks in salary arbitration.
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