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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1766168" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/with-a-different-look-in-lineup-oneills-bat-makes-noise-on-eve-of-arbitration-hearing/article_5072a67e-496c-5151-b8d2-bed9ffd100c5.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold" target="_blank">Derrick Goold</a></p><p>SAN FRANCISCO — A negotiation that has lingered throughout the start of the regular season and continued to cross Tyler O’Neill’s mind away from the ballpark each night reaches its deadline Friday. Resolution is near.</p><p>O’Neill, his representatives, and officials from the Cardinals will log on hours before Friday night’s game for an arbitration hearing to make their cases and argue what the left fielder’s salary will be this season. The process pits player against team and can be acrimonious in normal years, but gets the added twist this month due to the lockout of being convened remotely — and during the season.</p><p>“It’s definitely something I think about when I’m going to bed,” O’Neill told the Post-Dispatch on Thursday before batting practice at Oracle Park. “But I’m not dragging it on the field, not dragging it into the batter’s box with me. That would definitely not be fair to say. It’s a task that needs to get done, and it’s definitely something that I am ready to have completed.</p><p></p><p>“I’m looking forward to what comes of it.”</p><p>This is O’Neill’s first time eligible for arbitration, and the Cardinals and his agent, Scott Boras, had discussions about a multi-year deal that would avoid an arbitration hearing. They have until it begins Friday to get a deal done. The Cardinals offered O’Neill a salary of $3.4 million, and O’Neill’s side requested a salary of $4.15 million. An arbiter will choose one of those salaries. For the first month of the season, O’Neill has been paid at the rate offered by the Cardinals, but if his side wins arbitration he’ll get backpay with interest.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1766168, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/with-a-different-look-in-lineup-oneills-bat-makes-noise-on-eve-of-arbitration-hearing/article_5072a67e-496c-5151-b8d2-bed9ffd100c5.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold']Derrick Goold[/URL] SAN FRANCISCO — A negotiation that has lingered throughout the start of the regular season and continued to cross Tyler O’Neill’s mind away from the ballpark each night reaches its deadline Friday. Resolution is near. O’Neill, his representatives, and officials from the Cardinals will log on hours before Friday night’s game for an arbitration hearing to make their cases and argue what the left fielder’s salary will be this season. The process pits player against team and can be acrimonious in normal years, but gets the added twist this month due to the lockout of being convened remotely — and during the season. “It’s definitely something I think about when I’m going to bed,” O’Neill told the Post-Dispatch on Thursday before batting practice at Oracle Park. “But I’m not dragging it on the field, not dragging it into the batter’s box with me. That would definitely not be fair to say. It’s a task that needs to get done, and it’s definitely something that I am ready to have completed. “I’m looking forward to what comes of it.” This is O’Neill’s first time eligible for arbitration, and the Cardinals and his agent, Scott Boras, had discussions about a multi-year deal that would avoid an arbitration hearing. They have until it begins Friday to get a deal done. The Cardinals offered O’Neill a salary of $3.4 million, and O’Neill’s side requested a salary of $4.15 million. An arbiter will choose one of those salaries. For the first month of the season, O’Neill has been paid at the rate offered by the Cardinals, but if his side wins arbitration he’ll get backpay with interest. [/QUOTE]
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