Dan Uggla and the Florida Marlins avoided even exchanging numbers as the second baseman signs a one-year deal for $7.8 million:
Then again, it’s uncertain whether the Marlins will end up paying a nickel of that amount. If they’re successful in trading him, the tab will transfer to his new club.
“I always kind of wanted to experience the arbitration (hearing) process, but it’s not something you want to do every year,” Uggla said. “I’m just pretty excited to get it out of the way.”
Uggla’s value was over $10 million each of his first four years, so Florida is still getting a pretty good deal. With his contract settled, at that money he is very tradable.
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January 19th, 2010 @ 2:01 pm
[...] The Marlins have avoided arbitration with slugging second baseman Dan Uggla and signed him to a 1-year $7.8 million deal. A trade may still be on the horizon though. (Baseball Musings) [...]