02-20-2010, 12:15 PM
<!--quoteo(post=80146:date=Feb 20 2010, 10:00 AM:name=Ace)-->QUOTE (Ace @ Feb 20 2010, 10:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I think this actually makes it more likely that Theriot stays a Cub in 2011, and actually could end up securing him more money in the long-run - though unlikely. Imagine he has another average year, and the Cubs keep him. He'll get something like $3 mill in arbitration next year.
Had he won, there is a very real chance that the Cubs would non-tender him next year after an average season, and then he might get only $1 mill or so on the free agent market.
Lots of ifs, but it's just sort of an ironic thing to think about.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Theriot is not a one million dollar free agent...he's worth more in the open market.
However, he's not a free agent...so, his value must be judged as such.
Free agent rates are reserved for those who have achieved free agency. He can't expect to receive them, just because he's gone to arbitration.
Had he won, there is a very real chance that the Cubs would non-tender him next year after an average season, and then he might get only $1 mill or so on the free agent market.
Lots of ifs, but it's just sort of an ironic thing to think about.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Theriot is not a one million dollar free agent...he's worth more in the open market.
However, he's not a free agent...so, his value must be judged as such.
Free agent rates are reserved for those who have achieved free agency. He can't expect to receive them, just because he's gone to arbitration.