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Yankees hold the bottom line on Joba

River Avenue Blues found this 3/5/2008 on yankees.lhblogs.com

The Yankees have come to contract agreements with all the players on their 40-man roster. Phil Hughes agreed to $406,350, Melky Cabrera to $461,200, etc. For players under three years of service time, there is no wiggle room. Their agents can request something but the team is free to award any salary over the minimum of $390,000. Most teams have a scale based on service time. If a player ...