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Felix gets $3.8M for 2009

by Jon ~ January 19th, 2009

According to Jayson Stark, the Seattle Mariners and Felix Hernandez avoided arbitration and agreed on a $3.8M deal for 2009.

I think he would have gotten $4-5M had he won arbitration.

EDIT: As Libriarian mentioned in the comments, this doesn’t mean there will be no extension.  JAC in a Prospect Insider comments thread:

I was just told via email that the two sides are negotiating a multi year deal and expect to do so throughout spring training to get something done, but that they needed to make sure Felix had a deal he was happy with for 2009.

Good news.

2 Responses to Felix gets $3.8M for 2009

  1. ernier
    ernier

    No arbitration hearing. Great first step!!

    Now the M’s and Felix can take their time and work on a long term contract.

  2. Librarian
    Librarian

    As you say Ernier, this is a good first step. Churchill is reporting (via comment #32 on the Felix extension article) that he’s been “told via email that the two sides are negotiating a multi year deal.”
    I’ll be hoping that we can lock him up for many years, even if that raises the $/year.

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