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TORONTO -- Josh Donaldson has filed for salary arbitration, asking for a huge raise to $11.8 million after winning AL MVP honors and leading the Toronto Blue Jays to the playoffs for the first time since 1993. The Blue Jays offered $11,350,000 on Friday, the day sides were required to swap figures. Donaldson lost his case last year and made $4.3 million. A third baseman, he hit .297 with 41 homers and led the league with 123 RBIs and 122 runs. The Blue Jays came to terms with six of their eight arbitration-eligible players. They agreed to a one-year, $8,375,000 contract with recently acquired right-hander Drew Storen. Toronto also agreed to one-year deals with left-handers Brett Cecil ($3.8 million) and Aaron Loup ($1.05 million), outfielder Michael Saunders ($2.9 million), and right-handers Drew Hutchison ($2.2 million) and Steve Delabar ($835,000). Right-hander Jesse Chavez joined Donaldson in filing for arbitration. He asked for $4 million, and the Blue Jays offered $3.6 million.
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