AGRI Biz

Somewhere in the world, Mark Reynolds is fuming. The Arizona Diamondbacks slugger missed a spot on the list of Major League players with between two and three years of service time who will qualify for arbitration this off-season by one day. Instead of Reynolds or Orioles center fielder Adam Jonesùboth of whom would have made millions after breakout seasonsùCubs second baseman Mike Fontenot will get the privilege of leverage in salary negotiations with his club. He must agree on a figure by mid-December of go before a neutral arbitrator, who would then decide Fontenot's salary. Fontenot, like fellow second baseman Jeff Baker, stands to make anywhere between $1.25 and $1.8 million in 2010, if history is a solid indicator. The difference between that figure and the roughly $450 ...

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