Cutoff date for super 2 revised and Lucroy is going to be short a couple days

[DoubleSwitch]

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/09/jonathan-lucroy-projected-to-miss-super-two-cutoff.html

 

This saves the Brewers 2 million bucks off a contract that already was looking like a steal.

[zzzmanwitz]

As an act of good faith, I believe the Brewers should offer him some sort of incentive based bonus to get him back those 2 million. You have to keep your core players happy.

[1992casey]

I'm all for saving money, but in this case, I'd have rather seen Luc qualify for super-two.

[topper09er]

Unless we have to play some tie breaker games right? I know regular season tie breaker games count as regular season games

[1992casey]

A full season is defined as 172 days of service; a tie-breaker wouldn't change that.

[DHonks]

for some reason I thought we already locked him up for 4-5 years. Why would Super 2 matter? I guess I'm wrong

[DHonks]

i looked it up. He's already signed. So gaining (or not gaining) an extra year of arbitration is meaningless

[logan82]

Per Cot's

 

5 years/$11M (2012-16), plus 2017 club option

 

signed extension with Milwaukee 3/26/12, replacing 1 year deal signed 3/12

$0.5M signing bonus

12:$0.5M, 13:$0.75M, 14:$2M, 15:$3M, 16:$4M, 17:$5.25M club option ($0.25M buyout)

if Lucroy qualifies as a Super 2 after 2012 season, salaries increase to $1.9M in 2013, $2.3M in 2014, $3.3M, $4.25M in 2015

limited no-trade protection

[logan82]

So about $3m difference.

[DHonks]

ah, ok. thanks

[Funketown]

I think they did the same with Braun, who I believe also failed to qualify as a super 2.

[djoctagone]

it's been confirmed. lucroy did not reach super 2 status.

[CheezWizHed]

Braun bypassed Super 2 and went directly to Super 8!

[Roderick]

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8543736/drew-storen-washington-nationals-arbitration-players

 

Milwaukee catcher Jonathan Lucroy missed by three days, costing him $2 million. If had been arbitration-eligible, his contract called for his 2013 salary to escalate from $750,000 to $1.9 million, for his 2014 and 2015 pay to rise by $300,000 a year and for 2016 to go up by $250,000.

 

Others eligible this winter in the so-called Super 2s group are .......Milwaukee closer John Axford;.....

[adambr2]

As much as I'd like to say it would be a nice act to just give him some additional incentives to earn it, the line in the sand has to be drawn somewhere. Don't want to set a precedent.