FILE - In this Sept 15, 2015, file photo, Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Gerrit Cole warms up before a baseball against the Chicago Cubs in Pittsburgh. Pirates general manager Neal Huntington acknowledged a mistake was made in computing the young ace's salary and increased it to $541,000 for this year. But when Cole asked for more, he told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the Pirates threatened to reduce his salary to the major league minimum, which states players with less than three years of service time must accept any salary at or over the minimum of $507,500.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)