Duran Earning League Minimum

Very interesting.  He's under team control through 2027 I believe, so it's way too early IMO to think about a long-term extension that buys out a year or two of free agency.  That in turn means there's a lot of time before salary "games" being played now might have any effect in terms of hard feelings during negotiations when Duran has the clout.  So, I view this as the FO just drawing a line so that other young players see what to expect - "accept a small raise, or get none at all, no matter who you think you are."

I phrase that a little combatively, for humor's sake, but to me there's nothing inherently wrong with being a tough but fair negotiator. The downside, maybe, is that different humans react differently, and one gets the sense that Jose Berrios for example was butting heads with the FO over money and all of a sudden he was traded and he expressed more surprise and regret than I would have expected.

Anyway, 6 thousand here and 6 thousand there, and pretty soon you're talking 50k. 

3 hours ago, Major League Ready said:

I was curious what other teams did for prearb guys.  Here is Cleveland's prearb players.  Three of them got $100 above minimum.  What's that about?

Steven Kwan	25	LF	$727,300
Eli Morgan	27	RP	727,000
Nick Sandlin	26	RP	726,000
Oscar Gonzalez	25	OF	722,600
Gabriel Arias	23	SS	720,100
Will Brennan	25	CF	720,100
Xzavion Curry	24	RP	720,100
Tim Herrin	26	RP	720,000
Peyton Battenfield	25	SP	720,000
Tyler Freeman	24	SS	720,000
Brayan Rocchio	22	SS	720,000

"Gabriel, Will, Xzavion, go have dinner together somewhere nice, on us, and let us know your Yelp review. of the place."