Arbitration for Type A & B...yes or no?

[Gom]

Here is a list from MLB Trade Rumors, with their predictions as to who will be offered arbitration. Who do you agree/disagree with, and why:

 

Bengie Molina (A) - Yes

Billy Wagner (A) - Yes

Chone Figgins (A) - Yes

Darren Oliver (A ) - Yes

Jason Bay (A ) - Yes

Jermaine Dye (A ) - No

John Lackey (A ) - Yes

Johnny Damon (A ) - No

Jose Valverde (A ) - No

Kevin Gregg (A ) - No

LaTroy Hawkins (A ) - No

Marco Scutaro (A ) - Yes

Matt Holliday (A ) - Yes

Miguel Tejada (A ) - No

Mike Gonzalez (A ) - Yes

Octavio Dotel (A) - No

Orlando Cabrera (A) - No

Orlando Hudson (A) - No

Placido Polanco (A) - No

Rafael Betancourt (A) - Yes

Rafael Soriano (A) - Yes

Randy Wolf (A ) - Yes

Adam LaRoche (B ) - No

Adrian Beltre (B ) - No

Andy Pettitte (B ) - No

Bob Howry (B ) - No

Braden Looper (B ) - No

Brandon Lyon (B ) - Yes

Brian Giles (B ) - No

Brian Shouse (B ) - No

Carl Pavano (B ) - Yes

Carlos Delgado (B ) - No

Chan Ho Park (B ) - Yes

David Weathers (B ) - No

Doug Brocail (B ) - No

Doug Davis (B )- No

Erik Bedard (B ) - No

Felipe Lopez (B ) - Yes

Fernando Rodney (B ) - Yes

Fernando Tatis (B ) - No

Garret Anderson (B ) - No

Gregg Zaun (B ) - No

Guillermo Mota (B ) - No

Ivan Rodriguez (B ) - No

Jason Kendall (B ) - No

Jason Marquis (B ) - No

Joe Beimel (B ) - No

Joel Pineiro (B ) - Yes

Jon Garland (B ) - No

Justin Duchscherer (B ) - No

Kiko Calero (B ) - No

Mark DeRosa (B ) - Yes

Marlon Byrd (B ) - Yes

Melvin Mora (B ) - No

Miguel Olivo (B ) - No

Mike Cameron (B ) - No

Nick Johnson (B ) - No

Randy Johnson (B ) - No

Randy Winn (B ) - No

Rich Harden (B ) - No

Rod Barajas (B ) - Yes

Ronnie Belliard (B ) - No

Russ Springer (B ) - No

Scott Eyre (B ) - No

Troy Glaus (B ) - No

Vicente Padilla (B ) - No

Vladimir Guerrero (B ) - No

Will Ohman (B ) - No

Xavier Nady (B ) - No

Yorvit Torrealba (B ) - No

[CoachC.]

I would offer Laroche arbitration if I was the Braves. It's well known be wants a multi year deal.

 

Why wouldn't the Yankees offer Damon arb?

 

Rox should offer Marquis arbitration, he pitched 200 IP with a 4.00 ERA in Colorado. The Mets have been eyeing him for a while.

[Dipre]

Beltre should be offered arbitration. He's a hot commodity a 3B

 

Polanco should be offered arbitration. Someone's going to bite on his defense and contact skills.

 

Hudson should be offered arbitration, that one's a no-brainer. The Dodgers would get to keep him at a decent salary or collect the pick, someone's biting on him.

 

Betancourt shouldn't be offered arbitration. That might prevent him from latching on to a new team due to his contractual demands and type A status, he could end up staying and getting a massive raise through arb, hamstringing the Rockies in the process.

 

Vlad Guerrero i would offer arbitration to, he's a type B and would be a fit for many teams including the White Sox, Rangers, Twins, Orioles and Blue Jays.

 

Nick Johnson is a player the Marlins should offer arbitration to, he's coveted by many teams and he's only a type B.

 

Jose Valverde should be offered arbitration, it's a win-win for the Astros, he leaves, collect the draft picks, he stays, absorb the one-year contract, because it's not like they have a closer anyway.

 

The Mets should offer Delgado arbitration, they've discussed bringing him back on a one-year deal, so why not offer him arb and turn it into a win-win situation, because let's face it: Daniel Murphy at 1st? Really?

 

Darren Oliver should not be offered arbitration. He's been pretty effective the last couple of years, but he's also pushing 40 and the type-A tag might be too rich for team's blood.

 

Randy Winn should be offered arbitration. He's a type B and many teams could use a guy with his skillset.

[jacksonianmarch]

The concern is that a player will accept. For Damon, who might not get anything over 2 yrs on the open market, could make a lot of money if he accepted. Remember, you cannot make less than 20% of your prior years salary. So for Damon, he'd be coming off a $13 million deal, that means the least he could make in arbitration is $10.4 million. And, he is coming off 2 solid seasons, so he could expect maybe a $15-$16 million one year deal, which is right around where NY wants to sign him for 2 seasons. In the past, everyone was offered arb, and the majority declined. But in this economy, a short term, high salary deal might be in a player's best interest until the economy turns around.

[Gom]

If I was Beltre, I would absolutely accept arbitration.

 

He's guaranteed a minimum of $10.72 million [80% of his 2009 salary of 13.4 million].

 

Now that the Phillies signed Polanco...does he really expect to get anywhere near as close to the guaranteed money he'd get from the Mariners?