Ohman's May Be the Case That Breaks the Streak
Submitted by cubsnet on Tue, 2006-01-31 08:51.
With three arbitration cases remaining, it would appear that Will Ohman's would be the easiest to get done. There is just $275K separating him and the club, as opposed to $1.5M in Pierre's case and $1.2M in Zambrano's case. But the Sun-Times' Mike Kiley reports that Ohman's case is the one most likely to break Andy McPhail's streak of never going through an arbitration hearing with the Cubs:
Cubs officials seem to feel strongly that Ohman overpriced himself from the team perspective of slotting salaries when he filed a salary arbitration number of $775,000. The club countered at the time with $500,000 and apparently may be willing to stretch that to $575,000 or so.However, the Cubs also seem prepared to go to that hearing if Ohman insists that he is deserving of much more. Ohman has had three elbow surgeries and missed 2002 and 2003. He finally emerged as a major-league pitcher last season and was 2-2 with a 2.91 earned-run-average in 69 games.
The hearing is this Friday.
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$200K
Seriously, they're haggling over $200K? That might be a lot of money to you or I (or maybe not), but it's a pittance in baseball salary terms. I mean, logically you have to draw the line somewhere, but when the gap is this small, and in an offseason where you're throwing money at relievers like confetti at a New Year's parade, what difference could it possibly make to the Cubs if Ohman gets an extra $200K?
I humbly submit the following as Impeccable Wisdom. I'll call it the Ohman Rule: If a guy's not worth at least $1 million to you, you really have no reason to offer him arbitration in the first place.
Grrr
His numbers were better then most of the team's relievers last year. Give the guy what he wants, if you think about it, he's a steal. Less than a miilon for a guy who was 2.91 in 69 games.
"Someone tries to kill you, you try and kill em' right back."