Anibal Sanchez became the first player this offseason to win his arbitration case and was award the $8 million salary that he was asking for for the upcoming 2012 season, the Marlins were offering $6.9 million. Sanchez is coming off a very good year in which he went 8-9 in 32 starts with a 3.67 ERA and 202 strike outs. Sanchez can be a free agent at the end of the 2012 season the Marlins are holding off on offering him a long term contract. Emilio Bonifacio should have his arbitration hearing this week.
Juan Carlos Oviedo is still a Marlin to this point although it is still unclear what is going to happen to him. Team President David Samson said that he does not expect Oviedo to be with the team at the start of the team. Their is still a lot of legal stuff the he needs to go through in the Dominican Republic before he is allowed to come back to the U.S. and play baseball, and even when he does come back their is a chance that he could face disciplinary action from ML...
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