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OT: Marcum agrees to $3.95 million deal with Brewers
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:08 pm
by LittleOzzy
Newly acquired pitcher Shaun Marcum has agreed to a one-year, $3.95 million contract with the Milwaukee Brewers, thus avoiding arbitration, Major League Baseball's official website reported.
"The goal is always to avoid going to a hearing and coming to an agreement that both sides feel comfortable with," Brewers senior director of business operations Teddy Werner told the website (
www.mlb.com).
"Sometimes you just have to wait it out."
Marcum, acquired from Toronto in December, had asked for $5 million and the Brewers had offered the right-hander $3 million. Arbitration had been scheduled for Thursday.
The 29-year-old posted a 13-8 record with a 3.64 earned run average at Toronto in 2010 after missing the previous season because of elbow surgery. He earned $850,000 last year.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/ ... OX20110210
Re: OT: Marcum agrees to $3.95 million deal with Brewers
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 4:28 pm
by S-centz
Who's Markcum?
Re: OT: Marcum agrees to $3.95 million deal with Brewers
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 5:59 pm
by SharoneWright
Francisco money...
Re: OT: Marcum agrees to $3.95 million deal with Brewers
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 12:23 am
by Evermore
Marcum is worth twice as much...
Re: OT: Marcum agrees to $3.95 million deal with Brewers
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 4:09 am
by Mike Hunt
That seems to be about 3 million too little.
Re: OT: Marcum agrees to $3.95 million deal with Brewers
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 10:17 pm
by satyr9
When James Terribad Loney is on the wiretap getting 4.8m you know Marcum was an incredible bargain at 4m. I don't understand arbitration really the way it takes into account years and comparables, but the way salaries are structured, Marcum's easily worth 7-8m and if he was a true FA he'd make a lot more than that IMO.