BASEBALL LABOR : Dodgers Don’t Offer Gross Arbitration

The Dodgers picked up the 1995 option on Jeff Treadway on Tuesday, but did not offer arbitration to pitcher Kevin Gross, who had free agent repeater rights and now becomes an unrestricted free agent.

Fred Claire, Dodger vice president, said the club retains interest in re-signing Gross but not through arbitration, a process in which the Dodgers would be unable to hold the line on his $2.7-million salary.

“We’re not closing the door on Kevin, but we recognize he has other doors now as a free agent,” Claire said.

The Dodger executive also revealed that he expects to meet soon with free agent third baseman Tim Wallach and his representatives but that he told Wallach’s attorney by phone Tuesday that the Dodgers are extremely high on third baseman Ron Coomer, who drove in 123 runs at Albuquerque, and “we think Coomer has a very good chance to be ready” in 1995.