Ollie Wins His Arbitration Case

Well according to SI.com and Metsblog.com Ollie has won is arbitration case. I really didn't think he would win after what happened with Mr. Wang. Wang has clearly shown more success over the last 2 years. He doesn't have the exciting stats that Ollie has, nor the service time - but his success is among the best in baseball. Ollie does have a higher ceiling too, but I thought only results counted - and Wangs win total is impressive.

Here is my post on metsblog.com comments on the item. For some reason not all my posts show up on the site:

Hopefully winning his case will make him happy ... and the thought of a payday in 2009 will give him the motivation to stay focused this year.

A focused Ollie plus an A+ slider plus an A fastball plus a B+ slow curve + a B change + mentoring of Pedro + mentoring of Johan + Rick Peterson + NL Hitters + Shea Stadium + Contract year + pitching against other teams 3,4, and 5 starters ...
Equals

CY YOUNG FOR OLLIE IN 2008

(then probably Yankees in 2009 due to their penchant for grabbing players that excel against them)
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