Owners win final two arbitration cases

Arbitration Year-by-Year     Players   Owners   2002  1  4  2001  6  8  2000  4  6  1999  2  9  1998  3  5  1997  1  4  1996  7  3  1995  2  6  1994  6  10  1993  6  12  1992  9  11  1991  6  11  1990  14  10  1989  7  5  1988  7  11  1987  10  16  1986  15  20  1985  6  7  1984  4  6  1983  13  17  1982  8  14  1981  11  10  1980  15  11  1979  8  5  1978  2  7  1977  NA  NA  1976  NA  NA  1975  6  10  1974  13  16   Total    192   254   • Click here for more figures.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Boston right-hander Rolando Arrojo and Montreal shortstop Orlando Cabrera lost their salary arbitration cases Wednesday, leaving owners with a 4-1 record this year.

The five hearings matched the fewest in the 27 years of salary arbitration in baseball: Teams also went 4-1 in 1997.

Owners lead players 254-192 since the process began, but teams complain they lose even when they win because the are forced to match the salaries paid by clubs with the most money.

Cabrera was awarded the Expos' offer of $2.4 million by arbitrators Howard Block, Stephen Goldberg and Roger Kaplan rather than the $3.1 million he requested during Tuesday's hearing in Tampa, Fla.

Cabrera, 27, hit .276 with 14 homers, 96 RBIs and 19 steals in 26 chances last year, winning a Gold Glove. He made $340,000.

Arrojo will get $1.9 million rather than the $2.8 million he had sought. He was 5-4 with an 3.48 ERA and nine saves last season in nine starts and 32 relief appearances, and has a career record of 36-39 and 4.50 ERA in five seasons with Tampa Bay, Colorado and the Red Sox.

Last year, Arrojo made $1,625,000. The decision was made by arbitrators I.B. Helburn, Goldberg and Block.

Montreal pitcher Carl Pavano, who had been scheduled for a hearing Thursday, agreed to a one-year contract worth $1,312,500, midway between the $1,425,000 he had asked for and the $1.2 million Montreal had offered.

Pavano, a 26-year-old right-hander, was 1-6 with a 6.33 ERA in eight starts last year. He was sidelined from June 24, 2000, until last Aug. 15 for surgery to remove bone chips from his right elbow.

Colorado Rockies pitcher Dennys Reyes ($900,000) was the only player to win his hearing. Kansas City shortstop Neifi Perez ($4.1 million) and Tampa Bay pitcher Esteban Yan ($1.5 million) also lost.

 

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