The Pittsburgh Pirates and Casey McGehee have reached a pre-arbitration deal, per a team press release. The two sides had submitted figures and were set to have a hearing next week, although this deal prevents that hearing.
McGehee had submitted a figure of $2.725 M, while the Pirates submitted for $2.35 M. Terms of the agreement between the two sides aren’t known. The mid-point was $2,537,500.
UPDATE 10:44 AM: The two sides settled at the mid-point, per Rob Biertempfel. The 40-man roster/payroll page has been updated.
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February 16, 2012 at 12:35 pm
Wise decision by McGehee, the players are losing most of the hearings this year.
February 16, 2012 at 9:04 pm
He just didn’t have the consistency present in his stats in order to leverage anymore. Last year probably cost him a cool million, easy.