Yovani Gallardo, Only Un-Signed Pre-Arbitration Player

[BrewCrewForever]

Saw over at mlbtraderumors.com that all the Brewers players are signed except Yovani. Is it at all possible that the Brewers are trying to sign him longer then 1 year and buy out at least some arbitration years?

 

Now I'm as big a Yovani fan as anyone but would the Brewers do this with a guy who is coming off two knee surgeries?

[Yeti73]

They've been mentioning it for a long time that they wanted to sign him up long term. They must be of the feeling that knee issues are one thing but he has always had a strong arm. I'm all for locking Yo up along with Manny. We don't have a ton of top of the rotation guys in the pipeline. In fact Jeffress is the only guy who could come up in 2010 and then maybe Odorozzi and Periard in 2011 but that is if you're really optimistic about those guys continuing to improve. I know we have 4 more years of Yo, but I imagine an ace would have top demands in an arby case.

 

Are there any instances of a teams #1 going through arby?

[BrewCrewForever]

I'm all for it as well as I think Yo is top of the rotation material. Just doesn't seem to be the way they do things, even though they have mentioned him before in long term talks.

[ILuvDaBush]

Wasn't there a rumor that he did some activity that is very dangerous during the offseason? I remember last year's offseason, that some gent speculated that a friend of his told him Yovani was into bull-fighting or sky-diving....something the gent couldn't believe a young phenom would do. Perhaps the Brewers are writing some language into the contract that negates some of their repsonsibility if he gets injured in said activity. My money is still on bull-fighter....as it is pretty dangerous when Elaine Benes is your groupie (She's liable to hurt you with her "kicks").

[logan82]

He is probably just trying to negotiate a better contract and will end up being renewed. I would wait until his 2nd year of arbitration to sign him long term.

[Invader3K]

I think you have to see him get through a full MLB season before going with a long term contract. We're not the Yankees, here.

[mothershipconnection]

Are there any instances of a teams #1 going through arby?

 

I'm not sure if you're asking about all 3 years or just 1, or if you mean year-to-year deals or 3 arbitration hearings, but after Santana became an ace he went through arbitration (and lost).

 

[ILuvDaBush]

Santana was a Rule V pick who had to stir in the bullpen while eating up service time. Yovani has been a pseudo-ace since the day he came to the majors (and made a fool of the Jints).

[BrewCrewForever]

I have to admit, I had no idea Santana was a Rule V pick. Crazy.

[Blancofan1]

Signed to a one year deal today. Haven't seen work on what the salary is yet, just that he signed.

 

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