MLB players union chief blasts Rays

Posted: 4:00 AM CDT Sunday, Mar. 17, 2019

TAMPA, Fla. — Players union chief Tony Clark blasted the Rays on Saturday for the nominal raise they gave ace Blake Snell this year coming off a Cy Young season.

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TAMPA, Fla. — Players union chief Tony Clark blasted the Rays on Saturday for the nominal raise they gave ace Blake Snell this year coming off a Cy Young season.

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TAMPA, Fla. — Players union chief Tony Clark blasted the Rays on Saturday for the nominal raise they gave ace Blake Snell this year coming off a Cy Young season.

Snell, who is coming off a season in which he went 21-5 with a 1.89 ERA, was renewed by the Rays as a pre-arbitration player and received a raise of just US$15,000. He will make US$573,700 in 2019. This year’s major-league minimum salary is US$555,000.

Snell, who enters the season with two years and 72 days of major-league service time, will become arbitration eligible after this season, and would be in line for a major raise through the arbitration process with a solid 2019 campaign.

Snell doesn’t become a free agent until after the 2022 season. But, in the past, the Rays have traded their top arms well before they reach that mark to help them restock.