Cubs Win Arbitration With Theriot

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The Chicago Cubs won the abritration case and will pay Ryan Theriot $2.6 million for the 2010 season.  Though Theroit lost the hearing he did get quite a bump in pay going from $500,000 in 2009 to $2.6 million for 2010.

Cubs Theriot Arbitration Friday or Saturday

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Chicago Cubs infielder Ryan Theriot will have his arbitration hearing either Friday or Saturday which are scheduled through Saturday in St. Petersburg, Fla.  Theriot is asking for 3.4 million and the Cubs have offered 2.6 million. 

Cubs, Marshall avoid arbitration

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The Cubs on Wednesday struck a one-year contract with left-hander Sean Marshall to avoid arbitration.

The club didn't announce terms of Marshall's new deal, but Brewers assistant general manager Gord Ash mentioned Marshall on Tuesday, along with Detroit's Zach Miner and Kansas City's Robinson Tejada, as recent signees who helped Milwaukee reach terms with arbitration-eligible reliever Carlos Villanueva. Miner, Tejada and Villanueva all will earn the same salary -- $950,000 -- in 2010.

Marshall, who will be competing for a spot in the Cubs rotation or could be a swingman again, asked for $1.175 million in arbitration, while the Cubs offered $800,000. He made $450,000 last season.

With Marshall under contract, the Cubs have only two arbitration-eligible players left unsigned, and they are key ones. Shortstop Ryan Theriot, who made $500,000 last season in his third year as a starter, is seeking $3.4 million, while Chicago offered $2.6 million. Reliever Carlos Marmol who made $575,000 last year and heads into the 2010 season as the team's closer, is asking for $2.5 million. The Cubs offered him $1.75 million.

White Sox agree to terms With Danks

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The White Sox now have all of their arbitration-eligible players under contract, as the team and left-handed starter John Danks agreed on a one-year, $3.45 million deal on Tuesday.
Danks, 24, was 13-11 with a 3.77 ERA and 149 strikeouts in 32 starts last season. He set career highs in wins and with his 200 1/3 innings pitched, reaching a personal goal of surpassing the 200-inning mark.

Cubs Avoid Arbitration With Five Players

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The Cubs avoided arbitration on Tuesday by signing five players to one-year deals, but still have to reach agreements with three key players, including Ryan Theriot, Carlos Marmol and Sean Marshall.


The Cubs had eight players file for salary arbitration, and were able to sign Jeff Baker, Mike Fontenot, Koyie Hill, Angel Guzman and Tom Gorzelanny to one-year deals on Tuesday.


The Cubs and Theriot, Marmol and Marshall can come to an agreement at any point before the actual hearing. Hearings will be held Feb. 1-21. Arbitrators listen to arguments from both sides about the player's value and then pick either the player's figure or the team's figure.

Sox avoid arbitration with Jenks, Quentin

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The White Sox avoided arbitration with two of their eligible players on Saturday, agreeing to one-year contracts with closer Bobby Jenks and outfielder Carlos Quentin.


Jenks will make $7.5 million in 2010, while Quentin agreed to a $3.2 million deal. That leaves left-hander John Danks and righty Tony Pena as the two remaining arbitration-eligible players for the South Siders.

The 28-year-old Jenks went 3-4 with a 3.71 ERA and 29 saves in 35 chances for the White Sox in 2009, falling one save short of his fourth consecutive 30-save season.

Quentin, meanwhile, batted .236 with 21 homers and 56 RBIs in 99 games this past season, a year in which he spent nearly two months on the disabled list with plantar fasciitis in his left foot. The 27-year-old is coming off a season that saw him make the American League All-Star team and win a Silver Slugger Award.