...closer Mariano Rivera got last year when he lost his case. The three arbitrators - Howard Block, Roger Kaplan and Elisabeth Neumeier - handed the club its first arbitration loss since Steve Avery won in 1996. "It's a substantial jump (in salary...

...even if he won. He'll be fine. He's my pal. That's how it's going to be." Arbitrators Howard Block, Elisabeth Neumeier and Alan Symonette made their decision Saturday, two days after hearing the case. Rivera, who turned down a...