{"id":217,"date":"2008-12-02T09:24:26","date_gmt":"2008-12-02T14:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=217"},"modified":"2008-12-02T09:25:09","modified_gmt":"2008-12-02T14:25:09","slug":"phillies-turn-down-potential-compensation-for-burrell-and-moyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=217","title":{"rendered":"Phillies Turn Down Potential Compensation for Burrell and Moyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the 6-year free agent arbitration deadline came and went at midnight last night, the Phillies officially <a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/news\/article.jsp?ymd=20081202&amp;content_id=3698174&amp;vkey=news_phi&amp;fext=.jsp&amp;c_id=phi&amp;partnerId=rss_phi\">chose not to make offers <\/a>to four free agents, including two Type A free agents, Pat Burrell and Jamie Moyer (Rudy Seanez and Tom Gordon were the others).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"191\" src=\"http:\/\/mlblogs.mlblogs.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/burrell.jpg\" height=\"135\" \/>Ok, I don&#8217;t get this at all, unless it is not-so-subtle penny-pinching.\u00a0 The downside to offering arbitration is that if the player chooses to accept, they are signed to a one-year deal, with at least a small raise from their salary last year.\u00a0 The upside is that if these players decline arbitration and sign with other teams, the Phillies will get two draft picks (the team&#8217;s first pick after the top 15 and a sandwich pick in between the 1st and 2nd rounds).<\/p>\n<p>So, the upside is unquestionably\u00a0good, especially these days when championship teams are built through the draft.\u00a0 So, let&#8217;s look at the downside:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pat Burrell &#8211; obviously, the Phillies do <em>not <\/em>want to give him a raise from his $14 million salary of a year ago, but nor does anyone else.\u00a0 But, all we have heard from the Burrell camp is that they are expecting a long-term deal (probably from an AL club), so why would they even accept this one-year of arbitration anyway.\u00a0 And, is it <em>so <\/em>bad to have him for one more year, when the defending champs are talking about replacing him with probable downgrades, in the likes of Juan Rivera (whom I actually kind of like)\u00a0or Rocco Baldelli?\u00a0 Yes, I can see the downside of Burrell, but I believe that the upside outweighs it.<\/li>\n<li>Jamie Moyer &#8211; I do not see the downside at all on Jamie Moyer, especially since it has been said time and time again that the number one priority of this offseason is pitching and that the first order of business is to bring back Moyer.\u00a0 The only sticking point in the negotiations is that Moyer wants a multi-year contract and the Phillies have been hesitant because of his age.\u00a0 So, what is the problem with arbitration, people???\u00a0 I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s going to matter because I fully expect Moyer to be back with the Phils in &#8217;09, but what if things fall apart?\u00a0 What if some other team comes in with some ridiculous offer?\u00a0 Why not offer arbitration so there you can receive potential compensation\u00a0with the only risk being maybe having to give him a raise, but getting the contract length that you want?\u00a0 It just does not make sense to me.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the 6-year free agent arbitration deadline came and went at midnight last night, the Phillies officially chose not to make offers to four free agents, including two Type A free agents, Pat Burrell and Jamie Moyer (Rudy Seanez and &hellip; 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