Tampa Bay Rays win arbitration case against pitcher Jeff Niemann
Source: Tampa Bay Times - Feb 3, 2012 at 4:34 PMBy Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer
Friday, February 3, 2012
The Tampa Bay Rays won their arbitration case against RHP Jeff Niemann.
Niemann will get the $2.75-million the team offered this season rather than the $3.2-million he sought.
The Rays are now 5-0 in arbitration cases in the Andrew Friedman regime, 6-0 overall, the only undefeated team in the majors.
The hearing was held Thursday in St. Petersburg.
Niemann, 28, went 11-7, 4.06 in 23 games last season, spending six weeks on the disabled list with a back strain. Niemann's pay scale has been a little unusual as he signed a five-year, $5.2 million major-league contract after the 2004 draft that paid him $1.29 million in 2009, and his
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