Four Red Sox were among the 128 players who formally filed for salary arbitration today....

Four Red Sox were among the 128 players who formally filed for salary arbitration today. Righthanders Manny Delcarmen, Jon Papelbon and Ramon S. Ramirez filed along with outfielder Jeremy Hermida.

If contracts are not agreed to before then, the sides will exchange figures on Tuesday. Hearings are scheduled to start Feb. 1 in St. Petersburg, Fla.

In most cases, contracts are agreed to before a hearing become necessary. If it gets to that point with Papelbon, it will be interesting to see what he seeks. The closer made $6.25 million last season in his first season of arbitration.

Four file for arbitration - Extra Bases - Red Sox blog

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I know one of the arbitrators.

I regularly have cases in front of him. Nice guy, fair arbitrator. I asked him to throw the Red Sox a bone, he laughed. (We live in NYC) Best as I can tell, he’s a Mets fans.

Manny ain't the only bad man.

by tommy.otm on Jan 17, 2010 12:20 PM EST reply actions

Well, it's better than if he were a Yankees fan.

Then the Sox would get hosed. (Besides, they should be grateful for poaching Bay—just don’t let him know about his bad glove.)

by lone1c on Jan 17, 2010 2:29 PM EST up reply actions

It's not like Theo's gonna let it get that far ever, anyways.

USG

by Ben Buchanan on Jan 17, 2010 8:18 PM EST up reply actions

isn't this a conflict of interest?

by Mick Lowe on Jan 17, 2010 5:36 PM EST reply actions

Like the Mitchell report?

Strikeouts are boring- Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.

by CasanovaWong on Jan 17, 2010 5:38 PM EST up reply actions

I said "best as I can tell"

because he didn’t say what team he liked, and he sounded “blah” about the Yanks. My guess is was a Didgers or Giants fan as a kid.

And besides, even if he were a fan of one team or another, it’s in his best interest to be fair and even-handed, if he wants a shot at getting picked again next year. I’m sure he’s getting paid a lot of money to go spend a few weeks in Tampa, in February. This is a dream job for an arbitrator.

Manny ain't the only bad man.

by tommy.otm on Jan 17, 2010 6:16 PM EST up reply actions