Arbitration Watch: AL East Teams at the Deadline

Orioles Ink Johnson, but swap figures with their other arbitration eligible players Dan Connolly tweeted word of Jim Johnson's one year, $2.625 million agreement with the Orioles on Arbitration Deadline Day. The righthanded reliever's new deal represents a 169.2% raise over his 2011 salary of $975,000. In his age 28 season, Johnson posted career bests in innings, strikeouts, wins and most peripheral stats, such as WHIP, BB/9, H/9 and K/9. Baltimore couldn't settle on terms with Brad Bergesen, Jeremy Guthrie, Adam Jones or Robert Andino. Details of the contract figures each player exchanged with the club will be posted shortly. Red Sox agree with Ellsbury and Aviles at the Deadline The Red Sox had the largest number of arbitration eligible players among AL Teams with 8. Additionally, David Ortiz accepted the club's offer of arbitration rather than explore free agency. AL MVP runner up Jacoby Ellsbury was eligible for arbitration for the second time. The Re...