Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Jeff Niemann.
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St. Petersburg, Florida (Sports Network) - The Rays have won their arbitration case with towering right-hander Jeff Niemann, the Tampa Bay Times reported Friday.
The 6-foot-9 Niemann, who turns 29 later this month, will earn $2.75 million this season rather than the $3.2 million he sought.
Niemann went 11-7 with a 4.06 earned run average in 23 starts last season, when he made $903,000. He spent six weeks on the disabled list with a strained back.
Selected by Tampa Bay with the fourth overall pick in the 2004 draft, Niemann has gone 38-23 with a 4.16 ERA since reaching the majors in 2008.
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