 With a hearing all set to take place Monday, the Yankees and pitcher Shawn Chacon managed to avoid arbitration by agreeing on a salary at the eleventh hour. The official figure has not yet been released, but Chacon’s 2006 salary is rumored to be about $3.6 million, half a million more that the Yankees’ original offer and $550 thousand less than Chacon’s desired $4.15 million. Now that Chacon’s salary has been settled, the Yanks can go forth into spring training with a new focus: hammering down their starting pitching rotation. They could potentially run with a six-man rotation - - Johnson, Mussina, Chacon, Pavano, Wright and Wang - - but depending on how things go in Florida next month it’s possible that one of those men (guess who) could be moved to the pen. |
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Chacon deserves the raise. He helped save the Yankees season last year. If it had gone to the arbitrator, I think Chacon would have won.
Based on talent, Pavano or Wright should go to the pen. Based upon salary, it'll be Wang or Chacon.