Back in February, Jered Weaver and the Angels exchanged figures as Weaver was arbitration eligible for the second time. Weaver had requested a salary of $8.8 million while the Angels countered with an offer of $7.375 million. Weaver made $4.265 million in 2010 when he went 13-12 with a 3.01 ERA while striking out a league leading 233 batters. In essence, the Angels refused to increase their offer to their ace by about $1.5mm thus forcing the sides to go to arbitration. Nothing good comes out of arbitration as teams have to argue why the certain player doesn't deserve the higher salary he is requesting. This is what happened with Weaver as the Angels eventually won the hearing thus giving Weaver the lower salary (Yes, I know $7.375mm is still a lot) and having their star walk away with a bad taste for the Angels and the process in his mouth. Weaver, has been the best in all of baseball this year, but could be a goner in two years as Jon Heyman of SI.com points out. Weaver...
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