InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[the trading doctor]

dog

I was under the impression that in the baseball arbitration rules that there is a high number and a low number and no in between.

The problem that many have is that if you put in too low a number I don't believe the arbiter has the ability to decide so he is forced to choose the high number if he thinks the low number is simply too low.

I have heard that many GM's and players alike find this arbitration process difficult because you as the team has to essentially throw stones and bring up the inadequacies of the player in order to justify your number. The player at times gets upset because he hears all the limitations and what the team thinks of him.

That is why you see 1 year contracts get signed prior to the arbitrator ruling where both sides meet in the middle.

I may be wrong in all of this but I don't think baseball gives the arbiter latitude to pick a number in between