Source: K-Rod Grievance To Start Oct 18

NEW YORK (AP) — Two people familiar with the talks say the grievance by the players' association to recover more than $3 million withheld by the New York Mets from injured reliever Francisco Rodriguez will start Oct. 18.

Lawyers from Major League Baseball and the players' association met Thursday, and they scheduled Oct. 18-19 in New York for the start of the hearing before arbitrator Shyam Das, two people familiar with the talks told The Associated Press.

They spoke on condition of anonymity because no announcement was made.

New York's decision, and an earlier move to put Rodriguez on the restricted list for two days, cost him $3,142,076 of his $11.5 million salary this year.