Yankees Daily

Brian Bruney will receive a one year contract worth $725,000. Chien-Ming Wang is the other Yankees player in arbitration.

• Bruney, Yankees forgo arbitration – Yankees Official
• Brian Bruney Stats – Baseball-Reference.com

Arbitration could be a dangerous high risk move because of the damage it can do to the relationship between management and player. The arbitrators must choose one of the figures rather than a midpoint.

• Time for Yankees, Mets to negotiate – Ken Davidoff – Newsday