Arbitration in Burress' Future
In a case that somewhat reminded me of the Terrell Owens case in 2005, Plaxico Burress has been suspended by the NFL's NY Giants for, among other things, harming his ...Does Baseball’s Salary Arbitration Process Reduce Player Performance and Weaken Player-Club Relationships?
Guest Post by John Budd Previous research on Major League Baseball’s final-offer salary arbitration process has found that players who lost in arbitration have subsequent lower on-field performance than those ...Anthony Rizzo's Call Up: Was the Timing a Good Signal for Cubs Fans?
The man that many consider the Cubs top prospect, slugging first baseman Anthony Rizzo, made his Cubs debut Tuesday against the Mets. Prior to that, he had spent the entire ...Arduous Arbitration
It's getting to be arbitration time in baseball. Each year a set of players and teams negotiate under the threat that a third party (a panel of three arbitrators) will ...Baseball Arbitration Bats 1,000 For the Year
For the first time ever this year, no baseball player went to arbitration. From ESPN. Reliever Darren O'Day completed a $5.8 million, two-year contract with the Baltimore Orioleson Monday, becoming the 133rd and ...RIP Thomas Roberts
Thomas Roberts, the arbitrator who found MLB teams had colluded in the free agent market in the mid 1980's (and who was fired twice by MLB), has passed. From the ...