Arbitration Wrap: Giants Avoid Arbitration

Ever since the AJ Pierzynski debacle, the Giants have been cognizant of the deleterious effects of arbitration battles on clubhouse chemistry.  I'm pretty sure I can count on one hand the number of cases they have taken to a hearing since and all of those have been kept under the radar.  That strategy does not seem to have changed in the FZ era as the Giants came to terms with the last four of their arbitration eligible players today, the deadline for both sides to submit salary proposals.  This is all obviously good for the Giants, but I am going to focus on how this is good for the players too and the difference it will make in their lives.  Here is a a list of the Giants arbitration eligible players with their 2022 salaries and their estimated career cumulative salaries to date(salary information based on MLBTR reports + Cot's Baseball Contracts website.  Estimates for partial seasons and for minimum wage seasons not listed):

Austin Slater OF:  $1.85 M.  $5.228 M.(includes prorated approximate minimum wage for partial rookie season 2017 and 200 K signing bonus in 2014 draft).

Curt Casali C:  $2.6 M.  $7.7845 M.

Darin Ruf OF/1B:  $6.25 M(2 years at $3 M each with $3.4 M option for 2024 with $250 K buyout).  $11.267 M( includes estimated salary for 3 years in Korea).

Dominic Leone RHP:  $2.245 M.  $6.324 M.

Jarlin Garcia LHP:  $1.725 M.  $4.86 M.

John Brebbia RHP:  $.8375  M.  $4.3914 M.

Mike Yastrzemski OF:  $3.7 M.  $5.41975 M

What this shows is even if you are a fringe player, if you can hang around long enough and take care of your money wisely, you can set yourself up for future financial security.  I am happy for every penny these guys get out of this. They are warriors for the game.  The game would not be as good without them.  The least the game can give them is future financial security.