ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Teams improved to 3-1 in salary arbitration when the Pittsburgh Pirates beat second baseman Neil Walker on Saturday and the Oakland Athletics defeated pitcher Jarrod Parker.

Walker was awarded $8 million instead of his $9 million request in a decision by Gil Vernon, Steven Wolf and Mark Burstein. Walker led NL second baseman with a career-best 23 homers last year, when he made $5.75 million. He hit .271 with 76 RBIs in 137 games for the Pirates, who earned their second straight NL wild-card berth.

Parker was given an $850,000 salary by Elizabeth Neumeier, Robert Herzog and Mark Irvings instead of the team’s offer of $1.7 million. A 26-year-old right-hander, Parker was sidelined after getting hurt during spring training and having elbow ligament-replacement surgery for the second time.

Parker was obtained from the Diamondbacks in a December 2011 trade that sent All-Star Trevor Cahill and reliever Craig Breslow to Arizona.

 

NEW YORK (AP) — Figures exchanged for the 21 players remaining in salary arbitration and their 2014 salaries, as obtained by The Associated Press from player and management sources:

Player 2014 Asked Offered

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Baltimore

Alejandro de Aza 4,250,000 5,650,000 5,000,000

Kansas City

Kelvin Herrera 522,250 1,900,000 1,150,000

Greg Holland 4,725,000 9,000,000 6,650,000

Eric Hosmer 3,600,000 6,700,000 4,600,000

Los Angeles

Matt Joyce 3,700,000 5,200,000 4,200,000

Oakland

Tyler Clippard 5,875,000 8,850,000 7,775,000

Seattle

Tom Wilhelmsen 528,800 2,200,000 1,400,000

Toronto

Josh Donaldson 500,000 5,725,000 4,300,000

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

Arizona

Addison Reed 538,500 5,650,000 4,700,000

Mark Trumbo 4,800,000 6,900,000 5,300,000

Atlanta

Mike Minor 3,850,000 5,600,000 5,100,000

Cincinnati

Aroldis Chapman 7,860,772 8,700,000 6,650,000

Todd Frazier 600,000 5,700,000 3,900,000

Colorado

Wilin Rosario 502,000 3,300,000 2,800,000

Miami

Mike Dunn 1,400,000 2,600,000 2,355,000

David Phelps 541,425 1,875,000 1,400,000

Pittsburgh

Pedro Alvarez 4,250,000 5,750,000 5,250,000

Vance Worley 527,500 2,450,000 2,000,000

St. Louis

Jon Jay 3,250,000 5,000,000 4,100,000

San Francisco

Casey McGehee 1,500,000 5,400,000 4,000,000

Washington

Jerry Blevins 1,675,000 2,400,000 2,200,000