{"id":9919,"date":"2015-01-13T18:37:01","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T23:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/?p=9919"},"modified":"2015-01-13T18:37:01","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T23:37:01","slug":"dodgers-avoid-arbitration-with-a-j-ellis-marlins-sign-nick-masset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/2015\/01\/13\/dodgers-avoid-arbitration-with-a-j-ellis-marlins-sign-nick-masset\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers avoid arbitration with A.J. Ellis, Marlins sign Nick Masset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9920\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2015\/01\/ajellis.jpg\" alt=\"ajellis\" width=\"594\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2015\/01\/ajellis.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2015\/01\/ajellis-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers have avoided arbitration with catcher A.J. Ellis signing the backstop to a one-year deal worth $4.25 million.<\/p>\n<p>Ellis was arbitration eligible for the second time this winter after hitting .191\/.323\/.254 with three home runs and 25 RBI across 93 games last season.<\/p>\n<p>It is a high price to pay for a backup catch the caliber of Ellis but the Dodgers are able and willing to spend it to keep him as protection behind Yasmani Grandal on their roster.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marlins sign\u00a0reliever\u00a0Nick Masset<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Marlins have signed relief pitcher Nick Masset.<\/p>\n<p>Masset, 32, has struggled for years now and will have a tough time cracking the Marlins suddenly deep roster. Last season he had a 5.80 ERA, 1.78 WHIP, and 36\/24 K\/BB ratio in 45 innings (51 appearances) for the Rockies.<\/p>\n<p>His signing is purely a depth move for the Marlins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dodgers have avoided arbitration with catcher A.J. Ellis signing the backstop to a one-year deal worth $4.25 million. Ellis was arbitration eligible for the second time this winter after hitting .191\/.323\/.254 with three home runs and 25 RBI across 93 games last season. It is a high price to pay for a backup catch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[499],"tags":[67,135,24,501,922],"coauthors":[6],"class_list":["post-9919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-a-j-ellis","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-miami-marlins","tag-mlb","tag-nick-masset"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9921,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9919\/revisions\/9921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9919"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=9919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}