Texas Rangers closer Shawn Tolleson, armed with the leverage that comes with being eligible for salary arbitration, received a massive raise on a one-year contract on Monday.
The Rangers and Tolleson settled on a base salary of $3.275 million for this season. That is few dollars more than the midpoint between his request ($3.9 million) and the club's offer ($2.6 million) in arbitration.
It also represents a 531 percent raise for Tolleson, who earned $519,700 last season. He took over as the closer in mid-May and had 35 saves in 37 chances to tie for the fourth-best conversion rate in the majors.