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"We're as interested as anybody to see what the number is," said assistant general manager Gord Ash. Ryan Howard received $10M in arbitration last year. "The number we put in has to be defendable in the event it goes to a hearing," said Ash. "We've been able to settle these situations in the past and that's our preference, but we'll go to a hearing if we have to." |
Prince Fielder turned down a five-year, $60 million contract extension offer early last season to focus on his first year of arbitration eligibility, which has become something that all of baseball is now following.