Jesse Chavez wins Arbitration, $4 million

[North_of_Border]

itcher Jesse Chavez defeated the Toronto Blue Jays in salary arbitration, improving players to 3-0 this year in cases that went to hearings.

Chavez was awarded a $4 million salary on Saturday by arbitrators Mark Irvings, Steven Wolf and Edna Francis, who heard the case a day earlier. The Blue Jays argued the 32-year-old right-hander should be paid $3.6 million.

Tampa Bay pitcher Drew Smyly ($3.75 million) and Cincinnati reliever J.J. Hoover ($1.4 million) won the first two decisions earlier this week.

Chavez was 7-15 with a 4.18 ERA and one save in a career-high 26 starts and four relief appearances last season for Oakland, which traded him to Toronto on Nov. 20 for right-hander Liam Hendriks. He received two runs of support or fewer in 17 starts.

[Wally West]

Apparantly, Andrew Tinnish is the one that handles arbitration cases for the Jays. This is his first loss. Good for Chavez. If we can't agree to some sort of compromise with Donaldson before arbitration, I wonder what that message says to Bautista and Encarnacion.

[Randle McMurphy]

Apparantly, Andrew Tinnish is the one that handles arbitration cases for the Jays. This is his first loss. Good for Chavez. If we can't agree to some sort of compromise with Donaldson before arbitration, I wonder what that message says to Bautista and Encarnacion.

Hopefully the same message it said to them last year, when the Jays/Donaldson went through the same process and Bautista/Encarnacion helped lead the team to the playoffs.

[Duffman100]

Question about arbitration. Is it seen as just 'business' by both sides? Or can it cause tension between the player and the organization?

[Lateral Quicks]

Question about arbitration. Is it seen as just 'business' by both sides? Or can it cause tension between the player and the organization?

It probably depends on the player. People were worried last season that Donaldson would take it badly, and he ended up being a great teammate and winning the MVP.

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If I was Donaldson, I'd be sour about the jays not coming up on the extra 400k. After what he did on and off the field and basically help bring the buzz back into the organization and city, you would think they would agree.

However, maybe this was Shapiro's plan in order to get a long term deal done and agreeing to that amount would just prolong arbitration for future years. I really hope they can get a 4-5-6 year deal done and everyone is happy.

[SharoneWright]

If I was Donaldson, I'd be sour about the jays not coming up on the extra 400k. After what he did on and off the field and basically help bring the buzz back into the organization and city, you would think they would agree.

I'd be thrilled to know I'm gonna make over 11MILLION dollars next year, and that the team is willing to throw the house at me to sign me long term. Simply a matter of deciding how much is enough and for how long he is committed to Toronto. Nothing to be sour about. $400k is nothing relative to any long term deal he might accept. He holds basically all the cards.

[phillipmike]

Yeah... This isnt just 400k... Shapiro and the Jays came to the table with a legit offer. If i am not mistaken the Jays offered Donaldson a record tying (tied with Chris Davis) arb raise in league history.

And that the number the Jays have landed on would mean a $7.05-million raise, which is equal to Chris Davis’s record for the highest raise given a second-year arbitration player.

To me it is Donaldson taking the Jays to arb over 400k not the other way around but it is semantics as they are taking each other. But the Jays arent low balling him that is a record deal.

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Yeah... This isnt just 400k... Shapiro and the Jays came to the table with a legit offer. If i am not mistaken the Jays offered Donaldson a record tying (tied with Chris Davis) arb raise in league history.

And that the number the Jays have landed on would mean a $7.05-million raise, which is equal to Chris Davis’s record for the highest raise given a second-year arbitration player.

To me it is Donaldson taking the Jays to arb over 400k not the other way around but it is semantics as they are taking each other. But the Jays arent low balling him that is a record deal.

ok so break the record. **** Chris Davis, he's a cheater. Josh is an MVP

[phillipmike]

Yeah... This isnt just 400k... Shapiro and the Jays came to the table with a legit offer. If i am not mistaken the Jays offered Donaldson a record tying (tied with Chris Davis) arb raise in league history.

And that the number the Jays have landed on would mean a $7.05-million raise, which is equal to Chris Davis’s record for the highest raise given a second-year arbitration player.

To me it is Donaldson taking the Jays to arb over 400k not the other way around but it is semantics as they are taking each other. But the Jays arent low balling him that is a record deal.

ok so break the record. **** Chris Davis, he's a cheater. Josh is an MVP

Why when you can get him for 400k cheaper? Which would lower his costs in 2017 and 2018 if he goes to arb.

400k is nothing to the Jays... but it should be the same to Donaldson. Seems quite foolish to go to arb over that but the fault should be on both teams not the Jays. Both can easily end it and say they agree to this or that. Though i would have offered him 7.06M just to say you broke the record. But so be it... I dont blame either side. It is a business.