{"id":449419,"date":"2026-01-31T11:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T11:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/449419\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T11:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T11:24:11","slug":"pitcher-dylan-lee-goes-to-salary-arbitration-with-braves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/449419\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitcher Dylan Lee goes to salary arbitration with Braves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. &#8212; Pitcher <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/41455\/dylan-lee\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dylan Lee<\/a> went to salary arbitration with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/atl\/atlanta-braves\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta Braves<\/a> on Friday, with the left-hander asking for $2.2 million and the team offering $2 million.<\/p>\n<p>Lee&#8217;s case was heard by Jeanne Vonhof, Paul Radvany and Margie Brogan, who are expected to issue a decision during the week of Feb. 9.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old was 2-4 with a 3.29 ERA and two saves in 74 relief appearances last year, when he earned $1,025,000.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/46994593\/2025-26-mlb-offseason-grades-free-agency-trade-analysis\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/r1606008_1114x1114_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pitcher <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/41308\/edwin-uceta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Edwin Uceta<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/tb\/tampa-bay-rays\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa Bay Rays<\/a> argued the first salary arbitration case of the year Thursday, with the 28-year-old right-hander asking for $1,525,000 and the team arguing for $1.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>Twelve players remain scheduled for hearings, which run through Feb. 13 in Scottsdale, Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>In the most prominent case, two-time AL Cy Young Award winner <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/42409\/tarik-skubal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tarik Skubal<\/a> asked for a record $32 million, while the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/det\/detroit-tigers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Tigers<\/a> offered the left-hander $19 million.<\/p>\n<p><a data-clubhouse-guid=\"11a5df00-0945-35a5-66fe-a3a107975558\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/kc\/kansas-city-royals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas City Royals<\/a> infielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4109109\/vinnie-pasquantino\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vinnie Pasquantino<\/a> avoided a hearing Friday when he agreed to a two-year contract. The Royals announced the deal is pending a successful physical.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. &#8212; Pitcher Dylan Lee went to salary arbitration with the Atlanta Braves on Friday, with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-449419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}