FanGraphs Audio: Eno Sarris on the Curiosities of Arbitration
January 28, 2014
Episode 419
Full-time employee of FanGraphs, Eno Sarris, has recently performed some legitimate reportage on the peculiar logistics of salary arbitration in baseball. He discusses that exact thing on this edition of FanGraphs Audio.
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If arbitrators incorrectly evaluate player value, is there a competitive advantage to be gained for teams to seek out a certain type of player? Are the Pirates doing this by playing Marte and (soon) Polanco in the corner-outfield?