New York Yankees Avoid Arbitration With Several Key Players

Forgive the tardiness of this post topic, but there was not a ton of “news” to break down here.  Never was there speculation that the New York Yankees were going to non-tender any of their arbitration eligible players.  The New York Yankees agreed to terms with Russell Martin, Brett Gardner, Phil Hughes, Boone Logan, Joba Chamberlain and David Robertson over the past couple of weeks.  There are clearly a lot of important names in that list.  Like I already mentioned though, there was no thought that the New York Yankees were looking to part ways with any of their big league players that they still had control over. The biggest impact these arbitration agreements will have is that the salary raises will increase the payroll.  Arbitration raises are not generally that high on an individual basis, but if you have several players receiving $500,000 or $1 million raises, the extra money is going to add up.  For players that really make a splash early – Tim Lincecum for ...