Arbitration awarded $ 10. 5 million to Muki Betts
2.02.2018
Boston Red Sox`s right outsider Muki Betts secured an 8-digit MLB contract at his first salary arbitration. The three-member committee rejected the club`s $ 7, 5 million and $ 10, 5 million in demand for the player`s $ 10, 5 million in 2018.
The 25-year-old Bets set a record for the highest prize in a debut appearance. So far only two baseball players have received 10-million deals in their first year of arbitration, but without a hearing but an intra-club deal. Last month, Chicago Cubs gave Chris Bryant the top $ 10, 85 million, and in 2008 Ryan Howard took $ 10 million from Philadelphia Phyllis.
Curiously, they both deserved these salaries only after winning the `Most Valuable Player` award;Howard was MVP in the National League in 2006, and Bryant in 2016. Right after his MVP season in NL in 2008, Buster Pousse received a $ 8 million contract at the San Francisco Cants. Betty was closest to this prize in 2016 when he finished second in the US League poll. Last season he was only six, but won a second consecutive `Golden Glove`. For a total of three seasons and a half in the Premier League, the outfitter has an average billing factor. 292 with 78 home runs and 310 RBIs. He is entitled to another 2 years of salary arbitrage before becoming a free agent, unless the `red socks` previously bind him to a long-term contract.
Read all sport news
