Reference no: EM133479211

Case: Last season, John Doe, a star pitcher for a major league baseball team, after contract talks broke down, decided to seek salary arbitration under the collective bargaining agreement between the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) and the Major League Clubs. Section F of the Agreement states that the two sides (player's agent and club's representative) can present their cases to a three-person arbitration panel, and then; "the panel is limited to awarding only one or the other of the two figures submitted (last offers by the player's agent and team representative).

Last season Doe was paid $4.26 million while he led the league in strikeouts with 233, posted a 13 - 12 won-loss record and 3.01 ERA (fifth best in the league) in 34 starts. In the prior year he posted a 16 - 8 record and 3.75 ERA. The average pitcher in the league last year was paid $2.7m and the 5 highest paid pitchers averaged $9.8m.

As the player's representative your task is to present a convincing case using these facts, and the one-year salary "final offer" to the arbitration panel. Understand the panel will choose either the salary offer made by you or the other one received- whichever they believe is the most reasonable. The offer can only contain a salary figure such as $ Z.ZZ million for the next season, no perks, or bonuses based on performance such as starts, ERA, etc.