"With the exception of Jeff Niemann — who is headed to a hearing next month — everyone else involved in Tuesday's resolution of the Rays' remaining arbitration cases seemed pleased.

Certainly starter David Price, who more than tripled his salary to $4.35 million and joked that he may celebrate by investing with an even richer Tampa-based player. "I might ask (Yankees star Derek) Jeter if I can buy a wing in his house for a little while," Price joked.

Also centerfielder B.J. Upton, who got a hefty raise to $7 million, making him the team's second-highest paid player.

And even the Rays, who also struck a one-year deal with reliever Burke Badenhop for $1.075 million, with executive vice president Andrew Friedman saying, "We had a very good feel for what the fair outcome would be with each one of these.""