Salary arbitration is weird and confusing...and I'm no expert.
From what I can tell there are just a handful of arbitrators [maybe 3]that handle these cases. Each side makes a case using comparisons to others at the position, persoanl testimony, etc [heard it can get pretty ugly].
Then the arbitrator weighs the facts and renders a binding decision.
I can't say why the number would be that low [Gagne is a stud] but I believe it is a jump from less than $1 million so that may have weighed into it.
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