Cowtipper
03-01-2009, 06:05 PM
The two that agreed to terms are Mike Rivera and Carlos Villanueva.
http://netsports.baseball.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=baseball&page=mlb/stat/transactions.aspx?sc=AA
MESA, Ariz. -- The Brewers inked four more pre-arbitration players on Thursday, including starter Manny Parra, leaving three more unsigned for 2009.
Besides Parra, who will make his informal season debut on Friday against the A's, pitcher Chase Wright, outfielder Tony Gwynn, Jr. and infielder/outfielder Hernan Iribarren came to terms on one-year contracts. The Brewers are still working on deals for pitchers Yovani Gallardo (...)
Generally speaking, teams control salaries until a player accrues three years of Major League service, and can simply renew contracts at whatever salary the club chooses after a certain date -- this year it's March 2. But instead of paying everybody the league minimum -- $400,000 in 2009 -- teams often pay above scale to create goodwill for future negotiations when a player has more clout.
That's the Brewers' policy. When the club does renew contracts, they pay so-called "zero to three" players according to a scale that takes into account statistical achievements and awards.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090226&content_id=3886306&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
http://netsports.baseball.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=baseball&page=mlb/stat/transactions.aspx?sc=AA
MESA, Ariz. -- The Brewers inked four more pre-arbitration players on Thursday, including starter Manny Parra, leaving three more unsigned for 2009.
Besides Parra, who will make his informal season debut on Friday against the A's, pitcher Chase Wright, outfielder Tony Gwynn, Jr. and infielder/outfielder Hernan Iribarren came to terms on one-year contracts. The Brewers are still working on deals for pitchers Yovani Gallardo (...)
Generally speaking, teams control salaries until a player accrues three years of Major League service, and can simply renew contracts at whatever salary the club chooses after a certain date -- this year it's March 2. But instead of paying everybody the league minimum -- $400,000 in 2009 -- teams often pay above scale to create goodwill for future negotiations when a player has more clout.
That's the Brewers' policy. When the club does renew contracts, they pay so-called "zero to three" players according to a scale that takes into account statistical achievements and awards.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090226&content_id=3886306&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb