Mets Avoid Arbitration In Signing Heilman
19th January, 2008 - 10:24 am
The Star-Ledger - The Mets avoided arbitration with reliever Aaron Heilman, signing him to a $1.2 million, one-year deal while several other players exchanged figures with the club.
Outfielder Endy Chavez submitted a figure of $2.075 million to the Mets' $1.725 million; newly acquired outfielder Ryan Church asked for $2.45 million while the team offered $1.75 million; reliever Pedro Feliciano asked for $1.2 million, $400,000 more than the figure submitted by the team; pitcher Oliver Perez submitted a figure of $6.5 million while the Mets offered $4.725 million; and reliever Jorge Sosa asked for $2.75 million while the team proposed $1.7 million. [READ]
It's nice to have Heilman settled already, that could have gotten ugly. However looking at the rest of the article, Perez is the one that might be the worst. He is a young lefty and did just have a nice season. The Twins Justin Morneau got a one year 7.5 and was a MVP two seasons ago. So anyone think Perez is asking a bit much? Also just give Feliciano the money, quit being cheap with him. We need a full bullpen this year.