T.J. Oshie and the St. Louis Blues agreed on a 5-year, $20.875 million contract extension late Thursday night to avoid an arbitration hearing that Oshie should have avoided at all costs.
He didn't need a short-term contract with the uncertainty of the next Collective Bargaining Agreement...
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Lots of hubbub this week about the Shea Weber...
"I've always argued that if you go to a hearing, it's actually the breakdown of the process.* The fear or the risk of having another person determine a player's value, on either side, is what brings a settlement." — Ian Pulver, player agent, to the Globe & Mail, Aug. 2010.
Last summer, Clarke...
My husband works for a well known company, he has an online account where he can check his benefits and where the company can send him notices and such- His supervisors and bosses have been pressuring everyone to sign in to their accounts and agree to an arbitration agreement document. I'm not...
The Chicago Cubs and right-handed pitcher Carlos Marmol agreed to a one-year contract, avoiding salary arbitration, the team announced Thursday. Marmol is set to be the Cubs opening day closer.The Cubs also announced they have signed infielder Kevin to a minor league contract.Marmol, 27, went...
The New York Yankees declined to offer arbitration to outfielders Johnny Damon and Xavier Nady and starting pitcher Andy Pettitte. Damon is the lone Type-A free-agent meaning that if he were offered arbitration and he signed elsewhere, the Yankees would have*received*a first round draft pick as...
The Chicago Cubs won’t offer salary arbitration to Chicago Cubs right-hander Rich Harden, according to*David Kaplan of WGN Radio in Chicago. In 26 starts, Harden recorded a record of 9-9 with a 4.09 E.R.A. *Harden has been injury prone through out much of his six year career, including elbow...