NY – Francisco Lindor, Kris Bryant, Cody Bellinger and Corey Seager were among 112 players who agreed on one-year contracts on Friday.
This left only 13 players on the verge of exchanging proposals for a possible salary arbitration, in what was a hiatus in discreet transactions, following the financial ravages caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The agreements came on the day the deadline for players and clubs to exchange salary proposals for 2021 expired.
Lindor, a shortstop acquired last week by the New York Mets from Cleveland, won the largest of the transactions, for 22.3 million dollars. The Mets hope to sign a longer-term deal with Lindor to prevent him from declaring free agent at the end of the season.
The Puerto Rican has said he does not want the talks to continue beyond next month, when the pre-season begins.
Bryant has reached a $ 19.5 million deal with the Chicago Cubs. He can also declare himself a free agent after the season – he was ineligible for a day at the end of the 2020 season.
The third base lost a call for disagreement that it presented in the last break between campaigns. He claimed then that the puppies postponed their promotion to adulthood as a beginner in 2015, in order to postpone the moment when they could declare free agent for a year.
Bellinger and Seager made big gains after helping the Los Angeles Dodgers win their first World Series title in 1988. Outfield and first baseman Bellinger agreed to a $ 16.1 million deal. Seager, MVP of the National League Championship Series and Fall Classic, closed a $ 13.75 million deal.
Aaron Judge, a right-wing New York player who was injured for the second season in a row, received a $ 10,175,000 contract.
Among the players who intend to participate in the hearings, the most prominent is the Puerto Rican Carlos Correa. The Houston Astros shortstop called for an increase of $ 8 million to $ 12.5 million, while Houston put $ 9.75 million on the table.
Atlanta shortstop Dansby Swanson was the other player to claim more than $ 5 million. He asked for 6.75 million and was offered 6 million.
Another Braves player, pitcher Mike Soroka, wants 2.8 million, while the offer amounts to 3.25 million.
Two members of the Dodger monarchs were to attend the hearings. Ace Walker Buehler asked for 4.15 million and was offered 3.3 million. Catcher Austin Barnes is asking for 2 million, against an offer of 1.5 million.
Among the American Rays League champions, first base member Ji-Man Choi asked for $ 2.45 million, but was offered $ 1.85 million. Reliever Ryan Yarbrough wants 3.1 million and the club has raised 2.3 million.
Shohei Ohtani, pitcher and slugger for the Los Angeles Angels, saw his average drop to .190 on the stick and threw a third of the total inning after undergoing surgery on Tommy John. He asked for 3.3 million and was offered 2.5 million.
Mets and third baseman JD Davis (2.47 vs. 2.1 million), Baltimore and Venezuelan Anthony Santander (2.47 vs. 2.1 million), San Luis and right-hander Jack Flaherty (3.9 vs. 3 million) and Colombian second baseman Donovan Solano (3.9 vs. 3.25 million).
For players who do not reach an agreement, hearings before a three-member arbitration panel will take place from 1 to 19 February.