Yankees win arbitration case against Wang

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Yankees win Wang's arbitration case
Published 2/15/2008 by Andrew Fletcher at Scott Proctor's Arm - A New York Yankees Blog
Peter Abraham is reporting that the Yankees have won the arbitration case against Chien-Ming Wang. Wang will receive $4 million this season, and will have to go through this process again next off-season. Wang had wanted a long-term deal, but the Yankees were hesitant to oblige, saying that it's difficult for pitchers to stay healthy. The Yankees and Wang were only $600,000 apart, so I don't know why they didn't settle on $4.3 million and not go to a hearing. That has to be a miserable experience for both sides.

Wang Loses Arbitration Case
Published 2/15/2008 by Greg Cohen at Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
From Peter Abraham: The Yankees beat Chien-Ming Wang in the arbitration case. Wang will be paid $4 million this year, not $4.6 million.Wang had wanted a long-term deal, but the Yankees didn't feel too comfortable with that idea. Considering that Wang has had health issues in the past, I understand where the Yankees are coming from. ...

Yankees win arbitration against Wang
Published 2/15/2008 by Jason at MY BASEBALL BIAS
... According to Pete Abe, the Yankees will pay Wang $4 million instead of the $4.6 million that he was asking for. I still can’t believe they couldn’t reach a compromise over $600K. We’ll see if Wang holds any hard feelings against the Yankees in future negotiations. ...