THE ARBITRATION GAME IS OVER AND MOST OF US ARE RELIEVED

[Duane]

1B Robby Shepherd Thoroughbreds 380k
RF Eduardo Molina Thoroughbreds 550k
MR Juan Cano Thoroughbreds 2.2

We pray that you have the all-seeing all-knowing insight into the Arby process. Bill will provide for the house if you are correct

[Jason]

C Eric Morse- Current: $4,384,212 Guess: $8,000,000
CF Javier Martinez- Current: $3,903,390 Guess: $4,500,000
2B Mike Harris- Current: $815,184 Guess: $950,000
C Jacques Fillion- Current: $3,759,369 Guess: $9,000,000
CL Antonio Delgado- Current: $380,000 Guess: $4,500,000
2B Jose Avila- Current: $922,185 Guess: 4,000,000
LF Shimpei Adachi- Current: $4,095,360 Guess: $5,500,000

I hope I get a very pro-Cyclones arbitrator.

[Matt]

Merlin Peters current 4.335 guess 5.275
Marvin Walters current 380 guess 444,837

[John]

I'm not going to have time to guess on all the potential arby cases listed here, but I'll take a shot at a few of the big boys:

SP Conan McCullough - $10,963,620
SS George Riley - $10,419,645
RF Jude Pew - $10,703,840

[Hitmen]

Sorry, been swamped today training a new hire. I know I'm too late, but here's my arby guys (don't hate me because I'm going to bust my budget...)

Jose Cortez (4.5m)
Alejandro Ortega (4.1m)
Francisco Garza (2.3m)
Vaughan Farris (380k)
Manuel Gonzalez (4.6m)
Ruben Cruz (4.4m)
Artie Marsh (380k)
Geoffrey Porter (380k)

[John]

You're not too late Matt; the arby awards have not yet been revealed. That's about the be remedied, though...

[Matt]

I'll take a whack at guesses on the Hitmen's Ortega and Gonzalez since they are sadly former Calzones


Ortega - had a great season 10.85 mil
Gonzalez - 9.15 mil

[Matt]

McCullough - 350 mil plus the keys to the corporate jet on the weekend

[Reg]

who needs keys to the corporate jet, when you already have the key to the fans hearts

[Sandgnats (Bill)]

1B Robby Shepherd Thoroughbreds 380k
RF Eduardo Molina Thoroughbreds 550k
MR Juan Cano Thoroughbreds 2.2

We pray that you have the all-seeing all-knowing insight into the Arby process. Bill will provide for the house if you are correct

He guessed Shepherd right, do we still get free drinks?

[John]

Very interesting results! There were some I certainly wasn't expecting - the low McCullough award in particular blew me away. That's part of the learning process, and closely studying the results here will make us better prepared to accurately gauge the awards next time around.

I think anyone who put forth guesses here likely helped themselves learn something about the arbitration process (which is what made this exercise so worthwhile). Therefore, I'm happy to award one bonus CP to everyone who made an arby guess in this thread. It doesn't matter how close you were; you probably learned something anyway, and that's what counts! :-D

Now let's see how I did with my guys...

CF Salvador Bernal - CURRENT: $4,085,248 - ARBY GUESS: $5,433,380 - ACTUAL AWARD: $5,781,000
SS Naoaki Kichida - CURRENT: $2,824,860 - ARBY GUESS: $4,484,950 - ACTUAL AWARD: $5,061,600
MR Ángel Lara - CURRENT: $2,206,413 - ARBY GUESS: $2,316,730 - ACTUAL AWARD: $2,368,800
LF Aaron Turner - CURRENT: $380,000 - ARBY GUESS: $2,576,380 - ACTUAL AWARD: $5,675,400

Not too shabby on the first 3. I'd be happier if I had erred slightly on the more expensive side, but I was fairly close on each of them. But that Turner award... oof! I did not see that coming!

[Duane]

We were pleasantly surprised by the awarded salaries, even though some minor leaguers snuck in withou our permission.

Cano - we guessed 4 mil, he received 2.2 mil
Shepherd - we guessed 900k, he remains at ML minimum 380k
Molina - we guessed 4mil, he received 3.5 or 3.8mil
so we guessed 8.9 mil and received 6.3 mil

now to deal with those sneaky minor league guys and the 1.2mil they are trying to steal

[Tyler]

West Virginia

SP Mathys Crete $4.2 million

Actually salary: $2.9 million.

The WV front office is happy about this one.

[Ghosts]

West Virginia

SP Mathys Crete $4.2 million

Actually salary: $2.9 million.

The WV front office is happy about this one.

this is the one that had me seeing red last night - we gnashed our teeth and wailed and cried and decided we had to part with him because he'd be making so much money and then we find out (a) it doesn't matter, we can't sign or re-sign anyone anyhow; and (b) he had a 3.9 ERA and his arbitration value went down $1.3 million. still had to make the deal for many reasons, but it hurts a bit to see that number.

but congrats...i'm telling you he is now definitely going to be worth well more than every penny.

[Jason]

C Eric Morse- Current: $4,384,212 Guess: $8,000,000 Actual: $6,045,000
CF Javier Martinez- Current: $3,903,390 Guess: $4,500,000 Actual: $ 3,819,000
2B Mike Harris- Current: $815,184 Guess: $950,000 Actual: $ 652,147
C Jacques Fillion- Current: $3,759,369 Guess: $9,000,000 Actual: $5,936,100 (seriously, 100 bucks?)
CL Antonio Delgado- Current: $380,000 Guess: $4,500,000 Actual: $ 2,208,000
2B Jose Avila- Current: $922,185 Guess: 4,000,000 Actual: $ 1,468,800
LF Shimpei Adachi- Current: $4,095,360 Guess: $5,500,000 Actual: $ 4,462,200

Well I guess I set myself up for some good news!