Edwin “Sugar” Diaz reaches a $ 7 million deal with the Mets

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Puerto Rican reliever Edwin “Sugar” Diaz has reached a $ 7 million deal with the New York Mets to avoid wage arbitration, US media reported.

The pact means a $ 1.9 million increase for Díaz, who in 2020 agreed to $ 5.1 million in his first year of eligibility for arbitration. In 2019, Naguabeño’s payment was $ 607,425.

Diaz, 26, managed to regain some of his best form in 2020 after a disastrous 2019 in what was his first year with the Mets after being replaced by Seattle sailors.

In the shortened 60-game campaign, he performed well, finishing with an ERA 1.75, despite being relegated from closer to Dominican manager Luis Rojas. She saved six games but failed to keep four strikers.

In 2019, he had 26 saves, a 31-percent reduction from his outstanding 2018 season, which earned him the AL Reliever of the Year award, with an ERA of 5.59 in 66 games.

Díaz will look to continue his good times in 2021, the year the Mets were strengthened with compatriot and star Francisco Lindor.

On the other hand, Capt. Victor Caratini reached a $ 1.3 million agreement with the San Diego Padres in his first year of arbitration eligibility. Caratini, 27, was traded to the Chicago Cubs Padres along with Japanese Yu Darvish.

Firman Bellinger and judge

Dodgers star Cody Bellinger, meanwhile, agreed on a $ 16.1 million one-year deal with World Series champions on Friday to avoid salary arbitration on Friday.

The Los Angeles outfielder and first baseman was the 2019 National League MVP and the 2017 National League Rookie of the Year. He managed a .239 career low, with 12 home runs and 30 RBIs in the season. . short, below an average of .305, with 47 home runs and 115 RBI, all the best in his career.

In addition, slugger Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees avoided arbitration when they agreed on a $ 10,175,000 one-year contract.

Judge had his third consecutive season interrupted by injuries since winning the 2017 American League Rookie of the Year award, hitting .257 with nine rounds at home and 22 RBIs in 101 bats and 28 Games.

After hitting home in the first five games, he injured his right leg and played only once between August 11 and September 16.

Twice All-Star was limited to 112 games in 2018 by a broken right wrist when hit by a pitch from Jakob Junis of Kansas City and to 102 games in 2019 by a sprained oblique muscle.

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