The M's and the King have avoided arbitration by agreeing on a one-year, $3.8m contract. First-year arbitration players generally get compensated for ~40% of their value, but Felix is only getting 20-25%, so no matter how you look at it (ERA, FIP, tRA, whatever), this is a good deal for the Mariners that saves them a couple million dollars. It's also the first seven-figure contract of Felix's career.
No, the one-year contract doesn't mean that Felix becomes a free agent next year. He's still under team control through 2011. It just means the team gets to avoid potentially alienating its ace in front of an arbitrator. I imagine it won't be long before we hear more talk about long-term extension negotiations. With any luck, Zduriencik won't try to shortchange Felix the way Bavasi did, and we'll be able to keep our ace in Seattle well into the next decade.
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I saw this "Sources: M's ink Hernandez" I got all excited in hopes of a long term contract
Then I saw it was this and was disappointed until I realized we didn’t piss Felix off by lowballing him and going through an ugly arbitration.
Scrupio - January 19, 2009
Congratulations, Felix!
May you be given many more millions very soon.
Teej - January 19, 2009
it seems that pitchers
make less in arb then there hitting counter parts. No real evidence to back this up
Trenchtown - January 19, 2009
It still doesn't make sense
that fat shit Silva is paid quadruple what Felix is paid.
Fin - January 19, 2009
They get paid per pound
basebliman - January 19, 2009
ha ha ha ha Silva is fat we get it
pdb - January 19, 2009
Come on now
Silva fat jokes never get old. Unless he shows up to spring training 75 – 100 pounds lighter that is.
Fin - January 19, 2009
They got old four years ago
Jeff Sullivan - January 19, 2009
Yeah,
now Bedard girl jokes. Always funny.
Matthew - January 19, 2009
Just like your content!
Robert - January 19, 2009
This is how Silva will be showing up to spring training
Vatinius - January 19, 2009
enough already.
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2009/1/19/728039/3-8m-for-felix#11590536
Matthew - January 19, 2009
So should no Silva fat jokes go along with no fantasy baseball discussion?
Fin - January 19, 2009
I think that the only regulation that there should be on jokes is that they should be funny.
Robert - January 19, 2009
Right. It's like any other risky joke. Be damned sure it's funny or deal with the consequences.
It’s pretty hard to make a SIlva fat joke funny at this point though.
Aaron Campeau - January 19, 2009
No. It's just an incredibly dead meme.
Matthew - January 19, 2009
Three more years!
Jeff Sullivan - January 19, 2009
We here at Lookout Landing would like it if you could use LOL for Silva fat jokes.
Thank You.
Robert - January 19, 2009
Do you mean Laugh Out Lout or LookOut Landing?
JI - January 19, 2009
Well then it's obviously not a linear relationship between pounds and $
Exponential?
Dewey N - January 19, 2009
I'd have to think that leaguewide the correlation would be incredibly weak
Dewey N - January 19, 2009
In fact, I doubt that they are paid per pound
Dewey N - January 19, 2009
Maybe a flat salary represented by B and then the thing to multiply your by is A and your weight in X.
y=ax+b baby
Slurvey - January 19, 2009
Thats the exact definition of linear.
joof - January 19, 2009
PLEASE STAY FOREVER
Robert - January 19, 2009
This sounds like a really unhealthy relationship
seattlebruin - January 20, 2009
just wait until he gets John Carlson to watch a Felix Day with him
abender20 - January 20, 2009
actually...
I am curious to know if this Herald note from November will prove true:
“They gave Silva a nutrition and workout program to follow this offseason, and strength/conditioning coach Allen Wirtala spent a few days early this offseason working with the right-hander at his home near Minneapolis. Trainer Rick Griffin will visit him later in the offseason. "He’s on a real good program,” Griffin said. “He’s right where we want him. All of his little aches and pains have cleared up,” Griffin said. “He knows what he’s supposed to do. He’s working hard, losing weight and getting into good shape.”"
and yay Felix
msb - January 20, 2009
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