The 25 home run Geopo also lost in the salary adjustment hearing.
The Associated Press reported on the 19th (hereinafter Korean time) that five players, including Seattle Mariners outfielder Teosca Hernandez,스포츠토토 lost in salary adjustment. Hernandez asked for $16 million, but the salary adjustment committee accepted the $14 million offered by Seattle.
Hernandez played 131 games for the Toronto Blue Jays last year, recording a batting average of .267, 133 hits, 25 home runs, and 77 RBIs, with an OPS of .807. He contributed to Toronto’s entry into fall baseball by tying for third on the team in home runs, but was traded to Seattle after the season, and lost in the salary adjustment.
But Hernandez’s $14 million is the highest ever for a player who went through a salary adjustment hearing. Pitcher Gerrit Cole (New York Yankees), who belonged to the Houston Astros in 2019, exceeded the $13.5 million annual salary of Atlanta Braves pitcher Max Fried this year.
Along with Hernandez, Los Angeles Angels infielder Geo Acella ($8.4 million), Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Colin Faucher ($1.175 million), Ryan Thompson ($1 million), and St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Genesis Cabrera ($950,000) also lost in salary adjustments. .
This year’s salary adjustment hearings include players who previously lost, Atlanta pitcher Freed, Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Corbin Burns ($10.1 million), Houston Astros outfielder Kyle Tucker ($5 million), and Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Choi Ji-man ($4.65 million). It ended with complete defeat and complete victory for the clubs.
19 players, the most since 2018 (22), went to the salary adjustment hearing, but only 6 won, and the remaining 13 lost. The player win rate was only 31.6%.
The major league salary adjustment hearing is held in February every year, and three panels jointly selected by the players union and the major league secretariat decide with a majority vote. A winner-takes-all structure that raises one hand between the club and the player’s request without a compromise. Feelings are often hurt at hearings as we argue for data and opinions that contradict each other. So, many players do not go to the hearing and reach an agreement with the club avoiding mediation. This year, 14 players applied for mediation, but they did not go to the hearing and found an agreement in the middle