February 11, 200917 yr Today's the day that Dan Uggla has his arb hearing with the Marlins. It will be interesting to see what happens.
February 11, 200917 yr I'm all for Dan getting his money cause he certainly deserves it. However if the Marlins win this one, u gotta wonder whether they could use that extra mill saved to go towards someone (Pudge)....
February 11, 200917 yr Just thought of this. Weds 6pm Samson is always on with LeBatard. He also has attended arb hearings in the past. On top of that he has the whole stadium thing going on. I'm going to be listening at 6, if he's on should be an interesting few minutes.
February 11, 200917 yr According to MLBTR, Uggla's planning on sitting in on the hearings. Usually that does more bad than good.
February 11, 200917 yr According to MLBTR, Uggla's planning on sitting in on the hearings. Usually that does more bad than good. From what I've read, the most recent pieces seem to indicate the process has become beancounter vs beancounter rather the fingerpointing and cheapshots that marked earlier years of arbitration. I doubt the Marlins will be making an harsh or imflammatory comments regarding Uggla because just like in corporate arbitration, the guy in the middle doesn't want to hear it and it has no bearing on anything anyways. They're all more or less playing from the same statistical playbook it's who has the closer number to the findings, who had the sharper pencil.
February 11, 200917 yr According to MLBTR, Uggla's planning on sitting in on the hearings. Usually that does more bad than good. From what I've read, the most recent pieces seem to indicate the process has become beancounter vs beancounter rather the fingerpointing and cheapshots that marked earlier years of arbitration. I doubt the Marlins will be making an harsh or imflammatory comments regarding Uggla because just like in corporate arbitration, the guy in the middle doesn't want to hear it and it has no bearing on anything anyways. They're all more or less playing from the same statistical playbook it's who has the closer number to the findings, who had the sharper pencil. Well, there isn't much name calling to be done on this one. With Miggie, he had work ethic problems and was eating his way out of his position. There isn't any of that kind of thing with Uggla.
February 12, 200917 yr Get your money, Dan, and come back and hit 35 dingers next season. Less than 171 strikeouts would be nice as well.
February 12, 200917 yr Get your money, Dan, and come back and hit 35 dingers next season. He's never hit 35 dingers, to be fair.
February 12, 200917 yr Get your money, Dan, and come back and hit 35 dingers next season. He's never hit 35 dingers, to be fair. Nothing wrong with setting positive targets
February 12, 200917 yr Get your money, Dan, and come back and hit 35 dingers next season. He's never hit 35 dingers, to be fair. To be fair, nobody hit 35 dingers before they first hit 35 dingers
February 12, 200917 yr PHOENIX (AP) ? Second baseman Dan Uggla went to a salary arbitration hearing with the Florida Marlins on Wednesday, asking that he be awarded his request of $5.35 million rather the team's offer of $4.4 million. Uggla hit .260 with 32 homers and 92 RBIs last year, his third straight season of 27 or more homers and 88 or more RBIs. Eligible for arbitration for the first time, he made $417,000 in 2008. Arbitrators Richard Bloch, Fredric Horowitz and Steven Wolf heard the case and were likely to issue a decision Thursday.
February 12, 200917 yr I have to say, the Marlins are really low balling Uggla on this. Thankfully he's not one of the more ego-centric players in the game, otherwise he would have demanded an immediate trade. I think Uggla is going to win, if I were a betting man.
February 12, 200917 yr Well, there isn't much name calling to be done on this one. With Miggie, he had work ethic problems and was eating his way out of his position. There isn't any of that kind of thing with Uggla. They could just run a video of Uggla's base runnings mistakes.... :mischief
February 12, 200917 yr Well, there isn't much name calling to be done on this one. With Miggie, he had work ethic problems and was eating his way out of his position. There isn't any of that kind of thing with Uggla. They could just run a video of Uggla's base runnings mistakes.... :mischief Haha, well that wouldn't be as much name calling as it would be performance issues. With Miggie it was personal issues.
February 12, 200917 yr Well, there isn't much name calling to be done on this one. With Miggie, he had work ethic problems and was eating his way out of his position. There isn't any of that kind of thing with Uggla. They could just run a video of Uggla's base runnings mistakes.... :mischief Show them the video of last year all star game. /case close :mischief
February 12, 200917 yr Get your money, Dan, and come back and hit 35 dingers next season. He's never hit 35 dingers, to be fair. Am I shooting for the stars here? :confused
February 12, 200917 yr Uggla is an amazing story and I love the guy, but I'd prefer that he lose in arbitration. That might mean 3 things: 1) the arbitrators have some clue about how much financial pain pro sports in general are going to endure in the next year or two (relative to the last decade,) 2) Uggla might have more reason to try to cut down on his bone-headed base-running and strike-outs so as to increase his chances of prevailing in arbitration next year, and, 3) the Marlins would have an extra mill to spend on whoever, should they desire to do so. No matter what, Uggla makes at least 10 times what he made last year, so he's not hurting. Not that he was hurting at $417K. See ball, hit ball, baby!
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