The New York Mets tied most of its loose ends in front of referees on Friday night, agreeing to the terms of the newly acquired shortstop Francisco lindor and outfielder Michael Comfort, avoiding arbitration hearings with both players.
By reports (Mark Feinsand, MLB.com, Anthony DiComo, MLB.com), Lindor will receive US $ 22.3 million in 2021 and Conforto will receive US $ 12.25 million.
Lindor and Conforto, both 27, are candidates to receive multi-year extensions from the Mets before the off-season of 2022, when both are expected to reach the open market as free agents.
The Mets acquired Lindor – along with the right-handed Carlos Carrasco – from Cleveland on January 7 in exchange for inland camps Amed Rosario and Andres Gimenezand potential customers Josh Wolf (Second round of 2019, right-handed) and Isaiah Greene (choice of 2020 compensation, outfielder).
During Lindor’s introductory press conference, the dynamic shortstop noted that he would be open to signing an extension with Mets, but still haven’t discussed anything with the team. The general consensus on wage values shows that Lindor makes more than $ 30 million a year in his new deal.
Comfort and Mets are reportedly open to discussing an extension of the contract, as noted by DiComo in December (MLB.com), but it seems that these wheels haven’t started to turn either.
Besides JD Davis – who will address an arbitration hearing with Mets next month after being unable to reach an agreement on Friday – all other players eligible for arbitration on the New York list have agreed to the terms with the Mets on the respective one-year businesses.
Jacob Resnick of Metsmerized shared the full list of settlements on Twitter on Friday night.
Full #Mets arbitration agreements:
Barnes – $ 750K
Castro – $ 1.7M
Comfort – $ 12.3M
Davis – not finished
Diaz – $ 7M
Gsellman – $ 1.3M
Heredia – $ 1M
Lindor – $ 22.3 million
Lugo – $ 2.9M
Matz – $ 5.2 million
Nimmo – $ 4.7 million
Smith – $ 2.6M
Syndergaard – $ 9.8M– Jacob Resnick (@Jacob_Resnick) January 15, 2021
With a large contingent of the Mets active roster now contractually guaranteed for the 2021 season ($ 71.4 million in total committed to players eligible for refereeing; $ 54.7 million on Friday, alone), all that what remains is to fill in the rest of the gaps.
We will keep you informed with any new information as it becomes available.