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Rockies Atkins awaiting "another team"

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:14:03 +0000

Clint Barmes represents the future, the Rockies initiating discussions on a multiyear contract this week. As such, the Rockies have been trying to deal him because they have no intention of offering him $7 million-plus in salary arbitration.

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Atkins won’t be released Friday when 40-man roster set

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:03:19 +0000

DENVER — Garrett Atkins’ future remains in limbo after the club told him that he won’t be released Friday when 40-man rosters set. Atkins is in final year of arbitration, and the Rockies aren’t going to pay him in excess of $7 million since he lost his starting job to Ian ...

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List of Rockies’ arbitration eligible players

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:36:00 +0000

DENVER — Salary arbitration has been collectively bargained since 1974. It has been misunderstood for nearly as long. Currently baseball clubs control the contracts of almost all players with zero to three years of major league experience. There is an exception made for “Super ...

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Feliz Option Declined

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:01:41 +0000

The Philadelphia Phillies announced a short while ago that they would not pick up Pedro Feliz’s $5.5 million option for 2010, according to multiple sources. Feliz hit .266 with 12 home runs and 82 RBI in 158 games in the regular season, but struggled mightily in the playoffs with his ...

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The Philles decline Feliz's option

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:38:35 +0000

There are a metric butt-ton of third basemen on the market this winter, so the Phillies decided that it was not worth paying their current one $5.5 million:The Phillies have declined the option for 2010 on third baseman Pedro Feliz' contract,...

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Players A to Z, Garrett Atkins

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:31:53 +0000

Garrett Atkins plays third base for the Colorado Rockies. Atkins completed a three year decent from outstanding offense to replacement level in 2009. Since 2006, his OBP has dropped 100 points and his slugging percentage dropped 200 points. The really impressive thing is that he did this during ...

StatsGuru posted 6 days ago from baseballmusings.com

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Atkins could be a free agent...

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:39:00 +0000

I made a case for bringing in Garrett Atkins as the platoon partner for Dan Murphy. The biggest problem most people had was that if the Mets traded for Atkins, they would have to give the Rockies something and then pay him around 7MM through arbitration. After the year Atkins had many weren't ...

edfever posted 8 days ago from metsfever.blogspot.com

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