Lakeland, Fla. – An arbitration panel for Major League Baseball ruled in favor of the Tigers in the salary dispute with right-handed pitcher Michael Fulmer.
As first reported by MLB.com and confirmed by The Detroit News on Friday, Fulmer was awarded $2.8 million for 2019. He had been seeking $3.4 million. The two sides stated their cases in a hearing on Wednesday in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Fulmer’s work day was already done Friday when the news came out – it was expected to be announced on Saturday – and he was unavailable for comment.
Fulmer’s experience was very much unlike Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer, who described the latter part of his arbitration hearing as a "character assassination.