Arbitration avoided for 3
3 of the 5 players eligable for arbitration this year have struck 1 year deals with the A's:
Dotel: 1yr/4.75 million
Durazo: 1yr/4.75 million
Kielty: 1yr/875,000
That leaves Cruz and Byrnes as the last two players; While Byrnes is close to agreeing on a 1yr/2million dollar contract(SF Chronicle), Cruz is a bit of a mystery. Will the A's negotiate with him on the premise of him being a reliever or will they use the possible starter angle? As for Kielty, Mychael Urban reported in his weekly mailbag that Beane is high on Kielty becoming a good player. I tend to think so as well simply because the power potential is very solid not to mention his eye for pitches. Given the chance to have enough playing time, you could see a huge rebound from Kielty. I only wished he had gone to the Winter Leagues simply to work on his swing which was altered after a collision with Crosby in Seattle.
Hopefully, I will have a salary chart indicating the 40-man roster some time soon.
Dotel: 1yr/4.75 million
Durazo: 1yr/4.75 million
Kielty: 1yr/875,000
That leaves Cruz and Byrnes as the last two players; While Byrnes is close to agreeing on a 1yr/2million dollar contract(SF Chronicle), Cruz is a bit of a mystery. Will the A's negotiate with him on the premise of him being a reliever or will they use the possible starter angle? As for Kielty, Mychael Urban reported in his weekly mailbag that Beane is high on Kielty becoming a good player. I tend to think so as well simply because the power potential is very solid not to mention his eye for pitches. Given the chance to have enough playing time, you could see a huge rebound from Kielty. I only wished he had gone to the Winter Leagues simply to work on his swing which was altered after a collision with Crosby in Seattle.
Hopefully, I will have a salary chart indicating the 40-man roster some time soon.
posted by Genaro at 2:18 PM
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