Rays Win Arbitration Hearing Against Jeff Niemann

Per Marc Topkin, the Rays won their arbitration hearing against Jeff Niemann, who will be making $2.8M next year. Andrew Friedman remains undefeated.

4 months ago PGP 52 comments 0 recs |

Story-email Email Printer Print

Comments

Isnt it 2.7M?

by RaysOfHope on Feb 3, 2012 3:27 PM EST via mobile reply actions

2.75

by benderbrodriguez on Feb 3, 2012 3:36 PM EST up reply actions

FRIEDMAN'D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

/explodes

WOULD HAVE WOULD HAVE
If you lived closer I would have kicked the snot out of you by now

Matt Moore. That is all.
by joeybw

by SRQman on Feb 3, 2012 3:37 PM EST reply actions

I think the Rays FO sealed the win when they argued to the arbitrator that Niemann was untradeable.

by Ben Tumbling on Feb 3, 2012 3:40 PM EST reply actions

lmao

by benderbrodriguez on Feb 3, 2012 3:41 PM EST up reply actions

The have money to sign Russell Branyan now.

Just go with it.

by DeadeyeRR on Feb 3, 2012 3:43 PM EST reply actions 2 recs

We all won this one!

by Ben Tumbling on Feb 3, 2012 3:44 PM EST up reply actions

Oooh wait for it wait for it....We won this one!!!

by Paul Ellis on Feb 3, 2012 7:35 PM EST up reply actions

who thinks the rays were waiting til this arb salary was set before moving a pitcher?

by davidsmarch on Feb 3, 2012 4:27 PM EST reply actions

Not likely. 3.2M vs 2.75M would not have been a dealbreaker

by Ben Tumbling on Feb 3, 2012 4:39 PM EST up reply actions

not in those terms, but more in terms of no team wanting to trade for a player with an unsettled arb hearing coming up.

by davidsmarch on Feb 3, 2012 4:48 PM EST up reply actions

Not likely. 3.2M vs 2.75M would not have been a dealbreaker

by PriceMultiCyYoungs on Feb 4, 2012 9:44 AM EST up reply actions

The market seems painfully dry for Niemann/Davis caliber starters unfortunately

by benderbrodriguez on Feb 3, 2012 4:44 PM EST up reply actions

For now

by drungo on Feb 3, 2012 4:47 PM EST up reply actions

For always

Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."

by Brickhaus on Feb 3, 2012 8:23 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

KCR and MINN are two teams that disagree

follow me on twitter @sternfan10

by sternfan1 on Feb 3, 2012 4:54 PM EST up reply actions

Are either in a position to offer fair value?

I got away from the one thing that kept me on the straight and narrow, and that was my relationship with the Lord

by Sandy Kazmir on Feb 3, 2012 4:56 PM EST up reply actions

KC farm system is still pretty deep (#5 overall), so yea, them.

Anaheim has Jerome Williams penciled in as their no 5 starter. They should be a dance partner.

Astros too if they want to bring their boy home.

by Ben Tumbling on Feb 3, 2012 5:16 PM EST up reply actions

Astros don't have enough to even field a team

Let alone make a trade.

KC would be a nice fit, but don’t see Myers/Perez being available. We need a list of 1B/OF/DH/C prospects that are blocked or expendable by a contending team.

I put the screw IN THE TUNA!

by Transplanted on Feb 3, 2012 7:21 PM EST up reply actions

I can't think of five trades ever

Where a Davis/Niemann caliber starter has been traded for fair value the way people on this site measure fair value. Edwin-Joyce might count, only the perception of Edwin’s value was higher, plus Joyce wasn’t even as good of a prospect (popularly) as people expect to get in return unless you gave a lot of weight to his sss big league stint. We can try to find hidden value, but most teams think it has a #4 starter hidden on its own roster. Nobody wants to trade for one. And you can throw numbers at it, but the fact of the matter is that very few other GMs would think of either one as more than a #4 starter, and if you don’t pick and choose numbers rather than looking at all of them, they’re probably right.

Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."

by Brickhaus on Feb 3, 2012 8:30 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 3 recs

We'll wait and see if a trade actually happens but it doesn't seem likely to before ST or unless the market increases due to injury or whatever

by benderbrodriguez on Feb 3, 2012 7:48 PM EST up reply actions

If the Rays could add another 1st baseman, I would look at Shelly Duncun

Way on the outs in Cleveland now with Kotchman and Canzler there. He has had some success against lefties but has also hit RH’ers as well at times over the last two years. He does have power, can play some C’OF, has always hit well w/RISP, and his KO rate is coming down.

A concern though is that he is out of options I believe which makes bringing him in a bit of a risk but at a low cost, IMO.

by budman3 on Feb 3, 2012 6:20 PM EST reply actions

David v. Golliath arbitration hearing

small jew versus the giant

by BossmanJunior333 on Feb 3, 2012 9:23 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Ironically, Andrew is actually Goliath in this situation.

He was 4-0 going into the hearing. Jeff was the little guy; and his rock did not connect. :(

"My ambition is handicapped by laziness"

by Tonage on Feb 3, 2012 9:34 PM EST up reply actions

You do know that David beats Goliath, right?

Im not sure it makes sense the other way

by BossmanJunior333 on Feb 3, 2012 9:59 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

My point was Niemann is the underdog going into the hearing;

hence the irony.

"My ambition is handicapped by laziness"

by Tonage on Feb 3, 2012 10:14 PM EST up reply actions

Ahhhh

by BossmanJunior333 on Feb 4, 2012 12:54 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

why does it matter if he's jewish?

9 recs.
Steve, the front page is calling……
by mr. maniac on Jan 24, 2012 12:46 PM EST

"Please break your typewriter and computer and never come out of your ass cave again"

by pudieron89 on Feb 4, 2012 9:09 AM EST up reply actions

bc david was small in stature and jewish?

by BossmanJunior333 on Feb 4, 2012 2:02 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

so were thousands of other people

9 recs.
Steve, the front page is calling……
by mr. maniac on Jan 24, 2012 12:46 PM EST

"Please break your typewriter and computer and never come out of your ass cave again"

by pudieron89 on Feb 4, 2012 9:36 PM EST up reply actions

Should read, "Rays Win Arbitration Hearing Against Jeff Niemann"

9 recs.
Steve, the front page is calling……
by mr. maniac on Jan 24, 2012 12:46 PM EST

"Please break your typewriter and computer and never come out of your ass cave again"

by pudieron89 on Feb 4, 2012 9:08 AM EST reply actions 1 recs

fixed

by benderbrodriguez on Feb 4, 2012 1:33 PM EST up reply actions

Oh hay Jeff

If you like free speech, come to OTTOTD.com

by Warde on Feb 4, 2012 11:34 AM EST reply actions

I too cheer for players to make less money. Screw labor, go management!

The caller said the boy, after removing the bulb from its socket, left the building and threw the bulb on the ground. When the bulb broke, the caller said the boy screamed "not since they nerfed sunfire capes"

†††If you love Jesus Christ and are 100% proud of it, copy this and make it your signature!†††

by Top Gun Numba 1 on Feb 4, 2012 1:41 PM EST reply actions

Were u happy Rashard got paid?

Follow Me on Twitter @FreeZorilla

by FreeZorilla on Feb 4, 2012 1:48 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Well, that's an ignorant comparison because:

1) There is real salary crippling component to that, unlike the fake salary cap put on the Rays by Sternberg
2) I had no rooting interest in that contract negotiation, here I am making fun of the people in this thread lauding Friedman for saving the team $500k

†††If you love Jesus Christ and are 100% proud of it, copy this and make it your signature!†††

by Top Gun Numba 1 on Feb 4, 2012 1:50 PM EST up reply actions