The chasm between the Red Sox arbitration offer and the one submitted by David Ortiz is big enough to scare off Evil Knievel. Boston offered the DH a raise of 1.2% above his 2011 salary—that after hitting .309 with 29 HRs and 96 RBIs. Ortiz also played in 146 games and had a .398 OBP and a .922 OPS. I'd say that's good for at least a 1.3% raise, how about you? The puzzling thing is that if Papi goes to a hearing, he is almost assured of getting his number—$16.5 million for one year. The Red Sox can't possibly win, because in the hearing process, it's one or the other—no middle ground. This suggests that Boston has to reach a pre-hearing accommodation with Papi—but it almost needs to be for two years, since Ortiz can get his number for one year via the hearing. All very complicated, but not very smart on the NOG's part.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Red Sox Offer Big Papi The 1.2% Solution
The chasm between the Red Sox arbitration offer and the one submitted by David Ortiz is big enough to scare off Evil Knievel. Boston offered the DH a raise of 1.2% above his 2011 salary—that after hitting .309 with 29 HRs and 96 RBIs. Ortiz also played in 146 games and had a .398 OBP and a .922 OPS. I'd say that's good for at least a 1.3% raise, how about you? The puzzling thing is that if Papi goes to a hearing, he is almost assured of getting his number—$16.5 million for one year. The Red Sox can't possibly win, because in the hearing process, it's one or the other—no middle ground. This suggests that Boston has to reach a pre-hearing accommodation with Papi—but it almost needs to be for two years, since Ortiz can get his number for one year via the hearing. All very complicated, but not very smart on the NOG's part.