The factors that helped Bo Bichette, Blue Jays avoid the risks of an arbitration hearing
Posted Feb 11, 2023 01:30:00 AM.
In a sense, baseball’s salary arbitration system ended up working as intended for Bo Bichette and the Toronto Blue Jays, the process driving them to strike a deal rather than argue their cases in a potentially damaging hearing.
Neither players nor clubs like tempting fate with an independent third-party panel, after making arguments that sometimes leave residual harm in a relationship. Typically, that leads to a slate of one-year deals for eligible players ahead of the annual filing deadline, with only a small handful of cases ending up before arbitrators.
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