Arbitration

[catman]

The date to exchange figures is today.  Some teams are "file & trial" teams, meaning that they do not negotiate further after numbers are exchanged, where others will continue to negotiate to avoid the trials.  Trials are very contemptuous events, as the team tells the arbitrator what is wrong with the player and why they don't feel he is worth his price.  Some hard feelings are inevitable.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

Mets and Harvey agreed. I think it was a little over $5M.

 

[Teagz]

All the writers treating this like it's trade deadline day or something on twitter today are annoying. 

 

[Giantmetfan07]

Yea, the bleacher report app won't stop.

 

[Pugz]

All the writers treating this like it's trade deadline day or something on twitter today are annoying. 

i got a notification for this deadline and at first i think the winter has some trade deadline and then i re-read it. idk why this is so important to have fucking updates for every signing

 

[Giantmetfan07]

Free Agency has been dead and these guys are bored.

 

[Teagz]

Yeah it's been a bad offseason. Ohtani and Stanton have been the only big stories.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

Yea it's weird. 4 biggest moves are Ohtani, Stanton, Carlos Santana, and Jay Bruce. 

 

[catman]

Yea, the bleacher report app won't stop.

One reason I deleted it from my phone.

 

[CoachAF]

Looks like Astros and Springer might not settle. He wants 10 million and Astros offer 8. I have a feeling he might win, but you never know