No surprises at all in the arbitration department. We offered it to Vicente Padilla, and did NOT to Rod Barajas or Eric Young. I would have been stunned if EY came back, and the same with Barajas, and especially after his botched contract signing up in Toronto.
On another note, the A’s did offer it to Barry Zito, which is probably just a formality so the A’s can get an extra pick. Assuming we sign Zito (big if), I’d surrender our draft pick for that.
Also, not that this would affect us in any way, but I noticed that the Padres offered salary arbitration to Chan Ho Park. He’s been in the majors for some time now – what the heck does he still get salary arbitration for? I would have thought he was past that by now.