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| | Wednesday, December 8 | |||||
| NEW YORK -- The 22 free agents offered salary arbitration
before Tuesday's midnight ET deadline and the 73 who were not.
Players offered arbitration have until Dec. 19 to accept or reject
the offers and may negotiate with their former teams through Jan.
8. Players not offered arbitration may not sign with their former
teams until May 1 (s-signed with another team).
Offered arbitration (22) American League BALTIMORE (2) -- Jeff Conine, 1b; Arthur Rhodes, lhp. CLEVELAND (2) -- Wilfredo Cordero, of; Chris Haney, lhp. OAKLAND (1) -- Omar Olivares, rhp. TAMPA BAY (1) -- Norm Charlton, lhp. TEXAS (2) -- Aaron Sele, rhp; Todd Zeile, 3b. TORONTO (2) -- Graeme Lloyd, lhp; David Segui, 1b.
National League CHICAGO (1) -- Steve Trachsel, rhp. CINCINNATI (1) -- Juan Guzman, rhp. COLORADO (1) -- Terry Shumpert, 2b. NEW YORK (3) -- Shawon Dunston, of; s-John Olerud, 1b; Kenny Rogers, lhp. PITTSBURGH (1) -- Dale Sveum, 3b. ST. LOUIS (2) -- Thomas Howard, of; Darren Oliver, lhp.
Not offered Arbitration (73) BALTIMORE (2) -- Jim Corsi, rhp; Mike Fetters, rhp. BOSTON (3) -- Reggie Jefferson, dh; Kent Mercker, lhp; Pat Rapp, rhp. CHICAGO (1) -- Darrin Jackson, of. CLEVELAND (4) -- Paul Assenmacher, lhp; Carlos Baerga, inf; Harold Baines, dh; Dwight Gooden, rhp. KANSAS CITY (5) -- Chad Kreuter, c; Scott Leius, inf; Jeff Montgomery, rhp; Hipolito Pichardo, rhp; Tim Spehr, c. MINNESOTA (1) -- Terry Steinbach, c. NEW YORK (2) -- Joe Girardi, c; Luis Sojo, 3b. OAKLAND (6) -- Buddy Groom, lhp; Mike Macfarlane, c; Greg McMichael, rhp; Tony Phillips, 2b; Tim Raines, of; Tim Worrell, rhp. SEATTLE (3) -- Mike Blowers, 1b; Butch Henry, lhp; Mark Leiter, rhp. TAMPA BAY (2) -- Paul Sorrento, 1b; Bobby Witt, rhp. TEXAS (6) -- John Burkett, rhp; Jeff Fassero, lhp; Tom Goodwin, of; Roberto Kelly, of; Mark McLemore, 2b; Mike Morgan, rhp. TORONTO (4) -- Pat Borders, c; Tony Fernandez, 3b; Brian McRae, of; Bill Risley, rhp.
National League ATLANTA (2) -- Greg Myers, c; Otis Nixon, of. CHICAGO (4) -- Bobby Ayala, rhp; Jeff Blauser, ss; Mickey Morandini, 2b; Benito Santiago, c. CINCINNATI (3) -- Steve Avery, lhp; Greg Vaughn, of; Mark Wohlers, rhp. COLORADO (3) -- Kurt Abbott, 2b; Kirt Manwaring, c; Kevin Ritz, rhp. HOUSTON (4) -- Ricky Gutierrez, ss; Jack Howell, inf; Stan Javier, of; Brian Williams, rhp. MILWAUKEE (2) -- Dave Nilsson, c; Eric Plunk, rhp. NEW YORK (1) -- Orel Hershiser, rhp. PITTSBURGH (3) -- Joe Oliver, c; Ed Sprague, 3b; Doug Strange, 3b. ST. LOUIS (3) -- David Howard, ss; Willie McGee, of; Donovan Osborne, lhp.
SAN FRANCISCO (4) -- Charlie Hayes, 3b; Brent Mayne, c; Rich Rodriguez, lhp; Scott Servais, c. | ALSO SEE Left-hander Finley among 73 not offered salary arbitration  | |||||