Donovan Solano was one of the San Francisco Giants most valuable players in 2020. Among hitters with at least 150 plate appearances, he finished fifth in OPS and fourth in OPS+. He was third among position players in rWAR and won the Silver Slugger Award.
And then he lost his arbitration case.
Solano presented his number, which was $650,000 above what the Giants presented. The two sides couldn’t reach a compromise, and so they went to arbitration.
It was the Giants first arbitration case in 18 years, since they went to arbitration with .