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12-20-2013, 11:41 PM
Athletics Avoid Arbitration With Daric Barton
The A's an**unced that they have avoided arbitration with first baseman Daric Barton (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bartoda02.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) by agreeing to a one-year deal. The San Francisco Chronicle's Susan Slusser tweets (https://twitter.com/susanslusser/status/414128425951952896) that the two sides agreed to a **n-guaranteed deal. Barton is a client of the MVP Sports Group.
While terms of the deal have yet to be disclosed,*MLBTR's Matt Swartz projected (http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/10/arbitration-eligibles-oakland-athletics.html)*the former first-rounder to earn just $1.4MM in arbitration this offseason. Barton's 120 plate appearances in 2013 were the fewest he's totaled at the Major League level since debuting in 2007, but he managed a respectable .269/.350/.375 batting line.*Barton has never developed much power, but he's an ultra-patient hitter at the plate, as evidenced by his career .360 OBP and 14.1 percent walk rate.
As can be seen in MLBTR's Arbitration Tracker (http://transactions.mlbtraderumors.com/widget/arbitration-submissions&link=true&widget=true&YEAR=2013&submission_Team_ID=20), the A's still have seven players that are eligible for arbitration: Jim Johnson (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsji04.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com), Luke Gregerson (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gregelu01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com), Brandon Moss (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mossbr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com), Josh Reddick (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reddijo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com), Jed Lowrie (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lowrije01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com), John Jaso (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jasojo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) and Jesse Chavez (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chaveje01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com).
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The A's an**unced that they have avoided arbitration with first baseman Daric Barton (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bartoda02.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) by agreeing to a one-year deal. The San Francisco Chronicle's Susan Slusser tweets (https://twitter.com/susanslusser/status/414128425951952896) that the two sides agreed to a **n-guaranteed deal. Barton is a client of the MVP Sports Group.
While terms of the deal have yet to be disclosed,*MLBTR's Matt Swartz projected (http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/10/arbitration-eligibles-oakland-athletics.html)*the former first-rounder to earn just $1.4MM in arbitration this offseason. Barton's 120 plate appearances in 2013 were the fewest he's totaled at the Major League level since debuting in 2007, but he managed a respectable .269/.350/.375 batting line.*Barton has never developed much power, but he's an ultra-patient hitter at the plate, as evidenced by his career .360 OBP and 14.1 percent walk rate.
As can be seen in MLBTR's Arbitration Tracker (http://transactions.mlbtraderumors.com/widget/arbitration-submissions&link=true&widget=true&YEAR=2013&submission_Team_ID=20), the A's still have seven players that are eligible for arbitration: Jim Johnson (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsji04.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com), Luke Gregerson (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gregelu01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com), Brandon Moss (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mossbr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com), Josh Reddick (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reddijo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com), Jed Lowrie (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lowrije01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com), John Jaso (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jasojo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) and Jesse Chavez (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chaveje01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com).
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