Arbitration depends a lot on comparable players, and Howard was said to have used Albert Pujols contract as a touchstone last winter. Before ever getting to the statistics and intangibles of the matter, arbitration sorts players into general groups first-time eligible position players, third-time eligible relievers, second-time eligible starting pitchers, etc.Howard goes into his second winter of arbitration eligibility with another season of leading the majors in home runs and RBIs, potentially a second MVP award, national Subway commercials, a clear role as the Phace of that Phranchise, and now this, a World Series championship. After you get past the second-time eligible category, try finding a place for him. As a few baseball people have put it: This is uncharted territory.Howard has no apparent comparable peers.Think about: The Phillies would probably have to submit a salary beyond Sorianos record.Is $15 million the starting point?http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/bird-land/bird-land/2008/10/ryan-howards-next-swing-for-the-fences/
All that money for a platoon player at best? Wow. He sure sucks.
HKK will try to become an MLB Arbitration lawyer just to satisfy his man-crush on Ryan Howard.
>>442948Howard with a 15 million dollar contract means that you can't sign free agents.The Phillies should sell Howard high now.
You can't sell what you don't own.
>>442954I think you have to go to college for that.
>>442972I lol'd.