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 Cleveland Indians: Masterson, Justin RHP Justin Masterson and the Indians avoided arbitration by
agreeing to a one-year, $9,762,500 deal on Feb. 18. Through the
arbitration process, Masterson was seeking $11.8 million, while the
Indians countered with an offer of $8.05 million. Masterson, who
will turn 29 in March, went 14-10 with a 3.45 ERA and a team-high
195 strikeouts in 193 innings for the Indians last season. He is
44-55 with a 4.08 ERA in parts of five seasons with Cleveland.
Seattle Mariners: Cano, Robinson
2B Robinson Cano became the subject of a long-distance war of words.
Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon criticized Yankees hitting coach
Kevin Long for saying two days earlier that Cano dogged it while
running out ground balls when he played for New York. McClendon
essentially told Long to mind his own business on Feb. 18 while
defending Cano, who signed a 10-year, $240 million contract with the
Mariners as a free agent in the offseason. "Last time I checked, I
didn't know that Kevin Long was the spokesman for the New York
Yankees," McClendon told ESPN.com. "That was a little surprising. I
was a little p---ed off, and I'm sure (Yankees manager) Joe
(Girardi) feels the same way. He's concerned with his team and what
they're doing, not what the Seattle Mariners players are doing."
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