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Will Atkins go to Arbitration?

By Andrew Martin  @rockiesmagicnum on Jan 19 2009, 4:35p 8

Atkins knows he's on the block. He knows that Stewart is taking his position.

I see Atkins as being in the same situation as Fuentes was last year, having lost his starting spot (sort of) to the new entrant, and I predict Atkins not taking it easy on the Rockies.

This isn't to say the Arbiters are idiots and will just pay Atkins for his 2006 season and give him a good raise on his 2008 salary of $4,387,500. But at the same time, I don't see the Rockies giving him some massive raise either. His 08 season was not very good, but you can't make less in arbitration than you did the season before.

I figure a $2M raise would be generous, but not unreal, so let's make a cutoff of $6.5M.

Will Atkins come to terms with the Rockies and not go to arbitration?

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Will Atkins go to arbitration? How much will he get paid?

27% Atkins will go to Arbitration, and will get paid upwards of $6.5M (8 votes)
6% Atkins will go to Arbitration, and will get paid less than $6.5M (2 votes)
44% Atkins will NOT go to Arbitration, and will get paid upwards of $6.5M (13 votes)
20% Atkins will NOT go to Arbitration, and will get paid less than $6.5M (6 votes)

29 votes total

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