The Pirates' No. 2 overall stir up this year, Pedro Alvarez -- playing for Team USA in the end summer -- has agreed to a revised $6.4 million deal, according to a newspaper report. A provenance told the Post-Gazette the Pirates' signing of the power-hitting collegiate prominent would promising consequence in the voiding of a allegation the players' alliance filed Aug. 27 against the commissioner's office.
It contended Major League Baseball had violated its collective bargaining treaty with the players by approving an deal between Alvarez and the Pirates briefly after a midnight deadline Aug. 15. An arbitrator heard the gripe Sept. 10 in New York, a hearing that included commissioner Bud Selig. Two more hearings were set for Tuesday and Wednesday, the newspaper reported.
"Regrettably, we are not surprised that Mr. Boras would effort to open a meritless admissible maintain in an exploit to compel us to renegotiate Pedro's pucker to one more of his liking," Pirates president Frank Coonelly said in a assertion on Aug. 27, referring to substitute Scott Boras. "We are, however, discontented that Pedro would put up with his intermediary to strive for this set forth on his behalf.
"Pedro showed tremendous endurance and affluent pensive when he agreed to his develop on Aug. 15." Alvarez and the Pirates in the first place agreed to a unimportant band deal with a $6 million signing bonus. The additional promise retains the $6 million remuneration but would deserts it over four years a substitute of two, the Post-Gazette reported.
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