A Royal Procession, All The Way To The Bank

Kansas City may have won the World Series, but the club lost badly at the arbitration table. In all three cases, the players cashed in. Saberhagen turned his Cy Young Award into a $765,000 raise. Leibrandt, only recently a minor-leaguer, saw his salary grow by $545,000. Balboni got $320,000 more than he made last year. You have to pay a price to be a winner, and the Royals just paid it.