Redleg Nation · Mar 21, 2018
The Reds, Eugenio Suarez and Not-So-Free Agency
Eugenio Suarez had dutifully followed baseball’s reserve clause. He’d earned the minimum salary for parts of four major league seasons. 2018 would be his first chance to negotiate with a club and exercise his right to arbitration if he wanted. But then Suarez and the Reds couldn’t reach agreement so they proceeded to a third-party hearing in February. Suarez asked for $4.2m (remember that number), the Reds countered with $3.75m. The arbitrator sided with the Reds.
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