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Gagne won the 2003 NL Cy Young Award, and he earned $550,000 that year. Incredibly underpaid. He went to arbitration for his salary for the 2004 year. He wanted 8 million for 2004, but was awarded 5 million. Gagne mentioned that during arbitration, the Dodgers brought up his statistics from back when he was a starter to strengthen their case. Bullshit if you ask me.
The Dodgers lost or traded Lo Duca, Beltre, Lima, Finley, and Green from last year; they would have been stupid to let Gagne go.
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