Closer Aroldis Chapman avoided a salary arbitration hearing with the Cincinnati Reds by agreeing to a one-year, $8.05 million contract Friday.
Chapman, a three-time All-Star, has 113 saves over parts of five
seasons with the Reds. He has 430 strikeouts over 252 2/3 major-league
innings, for an average of 15.3 per nine innings. In 2014, Chapman
recorded 36 saves and struck out 106 batters in 54 innings. [Holy crap]
Chapman had filed for $8.7 million in arbitration, while the Reds had
countered with an offer of $6.65 million. His settlement with
Cincinnati came before a scheduled arbitration hearing Friday.
[sounds like a bargain to me, but then again, he only pitched 54 innings]
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