NEW YORK (AP) – Francisco Lindor, Kris Bryant, Cody Bellinger and Corey Seager were among 112 players who agreed to one-year contracts on Friday, leaving only 13 to exchange salary arbitration numbers during a slow off-season after the carnage financial crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The deals took place on the deadline for players and teams to change their proposed salaries to 2,021.
Lindor, the shortstop star acquired by the New York Mets from Cleveland last week, won the biggest deal, $ 22.3 million. The Mets hope to sign him with a long-term contract that would prevent him from becoming a free agent at the end of the season. Lindor says he does not want to extend the conversations when spring training begins next month.
The Lindor deal is the fourth largest one-year contract for a player eligible for refereeing, behind Mookie Betts ($ 27 million with Boston last year), Nolan Arenado ($ 26 million with Colorado in 2019) and Josh Donaldson ($ 23 million with Toronto in 2018)
Bryant agreed to $ 19.5 million with the Chicago Cubs. He could also become a free agent after the season, dropping the day before he was eligible at the end of the 2020 season. The third baseman lost a claim in the off-season that claimed the Cubs delayed his call as a rookie in 2015. to delay your agency for a year.
Bellinger and Seager achieved big increases after helping the Los Angeles Dodgers win the heir to the first World Series title since 1988. Bellinger, an outfielder and first baseman, agreed to $ 16.1 million. Seager, MVP of the NL Championship Series and World Series, agreed to $ 13.75 million.
Rightfield player Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees, coming out of his second consecutive injury season, agreed to $ 10,175,000.
Among the players who go to the audience, the most prominent is Houston’s replacement, Carlos Correa. He asked for an increase from $ 8 million to $ 12.5 million, and the Astros offered $ 9.75 million.
Atlanta shortstop Dansby Swanson was the only other player who asked for more than $ 5 million: he asked for $ 6.75 million and was offered $ 6 million. Braves pitcher Mike Soroka asked for $ 2.8 million and received an offer of $ 2.1 million.
Cubs external defender Ian Happ asked for $ 4.1 million and received $ 3.25 million,
Two members of champion Dodgers remain scheduled for hearings. Ace pitcher Walker Buehler asked for $ 4.15 million and was offered $ 3.3 million, and catcher Austin Barnes asked for $ 2 million and was offered $ 1.5 million.
Among the champion Rays in LA, first baseman Ji-Man Choi asked for $ 2.45 million and was offered $ 1.85 million, and reliever Ryan Yarbrough asked for $ 3.1 million and was offered $ 2.3 million.
Shohei Ohtani, two stars of the Los Angeles Angels, who dropped to 0.190 on the board and threw a total of 12/3 entries out of Tommy John’s surgery, asked for $ 3.3 million and received $ 2.5 million.
New York Mets third baseman JD Davis ($ 2,475,000 versus $ 2.1 million), Baltimore outfielder Anthony Santander (also $ 2,475,000 against $ 2.1 million), right-handed Jack St. Louis Flaherty ($ 3.9 million versus $ 3 million) and Donovan Solano, San Francisco’s second base ($ 3.9 million against $ 3.25 million).
For players who do not reach an agreement, hearings before the virtual panels of three people will be scheduled for February 1st to 19th.
Waking up in a historically slow free agent market, the Yankees reached an agreement with the right-handed Corey Kluber for $ 11 million for one year and agreed to a $ 90 million six-year contract to keep the hitting champion AL DJ LeMahieu, a person familiar with the negotiations, told the Associated Press.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity, as each agreement is subject to a successful physical examination.
Kluber, the 2014 and 2017 AL Cy Young Award winner, won 56 games for Cleveland in the 2016-18 seasons, and lost the rest of the 2019 season after being hit on the right forearm on May 1 by an outside comebacker of Brian Anderson’s baton from Miami. He finished 2-3 with an ERA of 5.80 in seven matches.
Marketed after the season to Texas, Kluber broke a muscle in his right shoulder on his debut at Rangers on July 26, ending his season after an inning. The injury did not require surgery and he trained for scouts on Wednesday.
Kluber, who turns 35 on April 10, is a three-time All-Star who is 98-58 with an ERA of 3.16 in 10 seasons, the first nine with the Indians.
He joins a rotation led by Gerrit Cole, which also includes Deivi Garcia, southpaw Jordan Montgomery and, at some point, Luis Severino when he returns from Tommy John’s surgery on February 27th. It is not clear whether the Yankees will re-sign Masahiro Tanaka, who has become a free agent. In addition, Domingo German is expected to return from a suspension for domestic violence that made him miss last season.
LeMahieu, who turns 33 in July, became the first player to win undisputed hitting titles in both leagues. He won his first AL batting title last year with 0.364, the highest average for an AL batting champion since Joe Mauer of Minnesota hit .365 in 2009, after winning the NL championship with Colorado in 2016.
The Chicago White Sox concluded a $ 54 million, three-year deal with former Oakland neighbor Liam Hendriks, a contract that includes a $ 1 million signing bonus and $ 11 million wages this season , $ 13 million in 2022 and $ 14 million in 2023. The White Sox holds an unusual $ 15 million option for 2024 with a $ 15 million purchase that would be paid in 10 equal installments from 2024-33.
Houston also signed a $ 12.5 million two-year contract with reliever Pedro Baez, which includes a club option and could be worth $ 19.5 million for three seasons. Last season, he went 0-0 with an ERA of 3.18 and two saves in 18 games for World Series champion Dodgers.
The Los Angeles Angels also announced a $ 1.5 million one-year deal with catcher Kurt Suzuki, who has spent the past two seasons with Washington.
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