Cowtipper
01-25-2009, 07:43 PM
Oakland's likely Opening Day starter is under contract, and the A's have no more arbitration cases remaining after Justin Duchscherer signed a deal worth $3.9 million Saturday.
Oakland Athletics
Duchscherer, a two-time All-Star, can make an additional $150,000 in incentives, getting $125,000 if he makes 23 starts and another $25,000 if he makes 32 starts. Oakland offered $3 million in arbitration and Duchscherer requested $4.6 million. He made $1.2 million last year.
Duchscherer will be a free agent after this season. There were no talks about a multi-year deal because of Duchscherer's injury troubles the past few seasons. He had minor hip surgery in September but said Saturday that he has recovered.
Duchscherer, 31, is the only member of the Oakland pitching staff with more than two years of big-league experience, but the A's are talking to 40-year-old reliever Russ Springer. There were reports that a one-year deal was nearly completed, but a team source said there is nothing imminent and little chance anything would be announced this weekend. Springer would need to pass a physical.
Springer has pitched 16 years in the big-leagues and has a lifetime ERA of 4.55, but he put up a 2.33 mark with St. Louis last season and a 2.18 the year before that.
Springer is a Type-A free agent, but he will not cost a draft pick because the Cardinals did not offer him arbitration.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/24/SP5415GJMI.DTL
Oakland Athletics
Duchscherer, a two-time All-Star, can make an additional $150,000 in incentives, getting $125,000 if he makes 23 starts and another $25,000 if he makes 32 starts. Oakland offered $3 million in arbitration and Duchscherer requested $4.6 million. He made $1.2 million last year.
Duchscherer will be a free agent after this season. There were no talks about a multi-year deal because of Duchscherer's injury troubles the past few seasons. He had minor hip surgery in September but said Saturday that he has recovered.
Duchscherer, 31, is the only member of the Oakland pitching staff with more than two years of big-league experience, but the A's are talking to 40-year-old reliever Russ Springer. There were reports that a one-year deal was nearly completed, but a team source said there is nothing imminent and little chance anything would be announced this weekend. Springer would need to pass a physical.
Springer has pitched 16 years in the big-leagues and has a lifetime ERA of 4.55, but he put up a 2.33 mark with St. Louis last season and a 2.18 the year before that.
Springer is a Type-A free agent, but he will not cost a draft pick because the Cardinals did not offer him arbitration.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/24/SP5415GJMI.DTL