Oki's Contract

[Dojji]

This may be a short thread, since it's a yes or no question and if the answer's yes like I think it is, that's pretty much the end of the discussion, but here goes anyway.

 

Do we retain arbitration control of Okajima as if he was a player with 3 years service time after the current contract, which IIRC is in its last season, expires? In other words, if we don't extend Oki can we force him to go to arbitration?

 

Two reasons to ask that question, obviously one of them is I'd like to keep the guy, but failing that, if we let him go while we still have arb control over him I don't think we can get free agent compensation, can we?

[TheKilo]

http://www.talksox.com/forum/talk-sox-forum/11999-okajima-under-sox-control-until-2012-a.html