As the countdown for the 2024 rolls on, the arbitration cases in MLB are going up. Several players had failed to avoid arbitration and are now fighting their teams. In this, Tampa Bay Rays right handed pitcher Jason Adam lost his case as well.
As per MLB insider Mark Feinsand, the 32-year-old pitcher has lost his hearing on Monday. He had previously filed for a salary of $3.25 million. However, the Rays were unwillingly to match this.
Following this loss, Adam will have to accept the $2.7 million offered by the team in the first place. Had he won the case, he would have become the first player in five years to win the arbitration case twice in a row.
Last year, he had emerged victorious in his case and got the $1,775,000 salary he requested instead of the team’s $1.55 million offer from the team. The last player to win arbitration case twice in a row was surprisingly Trevor Bauer, who won it in 2018 and 2019 with the Cleveland Indians.
During the 2023 season, Adam made 56 appearances as a relief pitcher and went 4-2. In this outings, he pitched with an ERA of 2.98 while picking up 69 strikeouts and 12 saves.
How many more arbitration cases are remaining in MLB?
On Monday, Jason Adam became the latest member to lose his MLB arbitration case. As per reports from ESPN, the players are now 7-4 in this matter as a result of this. This number could rise in favor of the players with five more cases still pending.
One of the biggest name in this list is of Luis Arraez . The Miami Marlins‘ star has been one of the top performers in 2023. The two-time batting champion is now looking to raise his salary again and is hoping to win the arbitration case for a second straight year.
The second baseman has asked the panel for a salary of $12 million while rejecting the $10.6 million offer from his side. If he wins, he will become the second big name after Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to win his case. The MLB The Show 24 cover star won a record $19.9 million arbitration case last week when the panel picked up that salary instead of the $18.05 million one initially offered by the Toronto Blue Jays.
The other four stars whose cases are yet to be heard are Tanner Scott (Miami Marlins), Harold Ramirez (Tampa Bay Rays), Alec Bohm (Philadelphia Phillies) and Ryan’ O Hearn (Baltimore Orioles). This players are keeping their fingers crossed and hoping for a positive result. Only time will tell how many of them will actually walk away as winners from this cases.
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