Washington closer Chad Cordero and San Diego second baseman Todd Walker won their salary hearings Wednesday, leaving owners with a 4-3 edge this year in cases decided by arbitration panels. The 106 players in arbitration averaged a 106 percent increase, from $1.46 million to $3.01 million. Philadelphia second baseman Chase Utley got the biggest percentage raise, a 24-fold increase from $500,000 to…
Posted: February 21st, 2007.
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