PHOENIX (AP)—Pitcher Ross Ohlendorf(notes) has defeated the Pittsburgh
Pirates in the first salary arbitration hearing this year, even after going
1-11 last season.
Ohlendorf was awarded a raise from $439,000 to $2,025,000 Wednesday by
arbitrators Steven Wolf, Fredric Horowitz and Robert Herzog, who heard the
case a day earlier. The Pirates had argued he should be paid $1.4 million.
The 28-year-old right-hander had a 4.07 ERA in 21 starts for Pittsburgh last
year, and his record on a team that went a major league-worst 57-105 was down
from 11-10 the previous year.
Ohlendorf’s ERA was lower than the 4.31 of Cincinnati’s Edinson
Volquez(notes), who will make $1,625,000 this year. Volquez was 4-3 last year
after returning from elbow surgery and a 50-game suspension following a
positive drug test.
Twelve more players remain in arbitration, with hearings scheduled through
Feb. 18.
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