Walker, Parker lose in salary arbitration
Published 10:55 pm Saturday, February 7, 2015
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Teams improved to 3-1 in salary arbitration when the Pittsburgh Pirates beat second baseman Neil Walker on Saturday and the Oakland Athletics defeated pitcher Jarrod Parker.
Walker was awarded $8 million instead of his $9 million request in a decision by Gil Vernon, Steven Wolf and Mark Burstein. Walker led NL second baseman with a career-best 23 homers last year, when he made $5.75 million. He hit .271 with 76 RBIs in 137 games for the Pirates, who earned their second straight NL wild-card berth.
Parker was given an $850,000 salary by Elizabeth Neumeier, Robert Herzog and Mark Irvings instead of the team’s offer of $1.7 million. A 26-year-old right-hander, Parker was sidelined after getting hurt during spring training and having elbow ligament-replacement surgery for the second time.
Parker was obtained from the Diamondbacks in a December 2011 trade that sent All-Star Trevor Cahill and reliever Craig Breslow to Arizona.
NEW YORK (AP) — Figures exchanged for the 21 players remaining in salary arbitration and their 2014 salaries, as obtained by The Associated Press from player and management sources:
Player 2014 Asked Offered
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore
Alejandro de Aza 4,250,000 5,650,000 5,000,000
Kansas City
Kelvin Herrera 522,250 1,900,000 1,150,000
Greg Holland 4,725,000 9,000,000 6,650,000
Eric Hosmer 3,600,000 6,700,000 4,600,000
Los Angeles
Matt Joyce 3,700,000 5,200,000 4,200,000
Oakland
Tyler Clippard 5,875,000 8,850,000 7,775,000
Seattle
Tom Wilhelmsen 528,800 2,200,000 1,400,000
Toronto
Josh Donaldson 500,000 5,725,000 4,300,000
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Arizona
Addison Reed 538,500 5,650,000 4,700,000
Mark Trumbo 4,800,000 6,900,000 5,300,000
Atlanta
Mike Minor 3,850,000 5,600,000 5,100,000
Cincinnati
Aroldis Chapman 7,860,772 8,700,000 6,650,000
Todd Frazier 600,000 5,700,000 3,900,000
Colorado
Wilin Rosario 502,000 3,300,000 2,800,000
Miami
Mike Dunn 1,400,000 2,600,000 2,355,000
David Phelps 541,425 1,875,000 1,400,000
Pittsburgh
Pedro Alvarez 4,250,000 5,750,000 5,250,000
Vance Worley 527,500 2,450,000 2,000,000
St. Louis
Jon Jay 3,250,000 5,000,000 4,100,000
San Francisco
Casey McGehee 1,500,000 5,400,000 4,000,000
Washington
Jerry Blevins 1,675,000 2,400,000 2,200,000