BY SCOTT LAUBERRyan Howard is the Phils' lone remaining salary arbitration-eligible player now that Chad Durbin has agreed to a one-year, $1.635 million contract. The deal represents a comprise between Durbin's salary request ($1.95 million) and the Phillies' offer ($1.35 million). He made $900,000 in 2008.
Durbin, 31, moved to the bullpen last season and had the best season of his career. He went 5-4 with a 2.87 ERA in a career-high 71 appearances and led all NL relievers with 87-2/3 innings.
"We're very pleased with how it all played out and definitely didn't want to go to arbitration," Durbin (photo at right by Getty Images) said in a statement. "Both sides are happy to be where we ended up."
Howard filed a positively ginormous, $18 million salary request yesterday. The Phillies made a $14 million offer. And while the sides will continue to negotiate, they seem to be headed for another arbitration hearing in February.
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