A Deep Look Into Baseball’s Salary Arbitration System

Apr

Ed Edmonds of Sports Law Blog has an good piece in the Marquette Sports Law Review titled, A most interesting part of baseball’s monetary structure – salary arbitration in its thirty-fifth year. Since deciding that I wanted to be a sports agent, I have studied baseball’s system of final offer arbitration as much as possible. …
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Feb

Understanding Major League Baseball’s Salary Arbitration System

By Armando Velasco | Arbitration, Contract Negotiation, Headline, MLB Players, MLB Teams

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Under MLB’s current collective bargaining agreement (CBA), a player with at least three but less than six years of Major League service is eligible for salary arbitration. A player with more than two years but less than three years of Major League service may also qualify for salary arbitration as a “Super 2” if he…
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Feb

Next On The Agenda: B.J. Upton

By Darren Heitner | Arbitration, Contract Negotiation, Headline, MLB Players, MLB Teams

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B.J. Upton is the 2nd player to reach an arbitration hearing this February. Corey Hart was the first, and in his case, the panel of arbitrators handed Hart the victory, and $4.8 million (compared to the Brewers’ offer of $4.15 million). Upton’s has already had his hearing yesterday, and one of the 3 panelists (Elizabeth…
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Jan

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (1/15/2010)

By Darren Heitner | Friday Wrap-Up