Stroman, McHugh, Odorizzi win; Wacha, Anderson, Walker lose
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay’s Jake Odorizzi, Houston’s Collin McHugh and Toronto’s Marcus Stroman won their salary arbitration cases Tuesday, and St. Louis’ Michael Wacha, Milwaukee’s Chase Anderson and Arizona’s Taijuan Walker lost.
Decisions for all six starting pitchers were announced simultaneously. Teams and players have split 12 cases this winter and the sides are on track for 15 hearings, the most since teams won 10 of 16 decisions in 1994.
Odorizzi was given a raise from $520,700 to $4.1 million by arbitrators Edna Francis, Margaret Brogan and James Oldham rather than the $3,825,000 figure submitted by the Rays.
McHugh received a hike from $529,000 to $3.85 million from Sylvia Skratek, Elizabeth Neumeier and Andrew Strongin instead of Houston’s $3.35 million offer.