NEW YORK – After 112 players agreed on one-year contracts on Friday, it left only 13 players on the right track to exchange proposals for possible pay arbitration, in what was a hiatus from low-key transactions following financial devastation that caused the coronavirus pandemic.
The agreements came on the day the deadline for players and clubs to exchange salary proposals for 2021 expired.
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.
Dansby Swanson, shortstop for the Atlanta Braves, 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 Los Angeles Dodgers monarchs were to attend the hearings. Ace Walker Buehler asked for $ 4.15 million and was offered $ 3.3 million. Wide receiver Austin Barnes is asking for $ 2 million, in exchange for a $ 1.5 million offer.
Among the champions of the American League Tampa Bay Rays, first baseman 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 shot drop to .190 and threw a total of 1 1/3 innings after undergoing surgery on Tommy John. He asked for $ 3.3 million and was offered $ 2.5 million.
New York Mets and third baseman JD Davis ($ 2.47 vs. $ 2.1 million), Baltimore Orioles and Anthony Santander ($ 2.47 vs. $ 2.1 million), St. Louis Cardinals and right-hander Jack Flaherty ($ 3.9 vs. $ 3 million) and Colombian middleman 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.
Francisco Lindor, Kris Bryant, Cody Bellinger and Corey Seager were among 112 players who agreed to one-year contracts.
Lindor, a shortstop acquired last week by the New York Mets from the Cleveland Indians, won the largest of the transactions, for $ 22.3 million. 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.
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According to Carlos Nava, both the second baseman and the team got what they wanted with their six-year, $ 80 million deal, in a day that also avoided refereeing with the slugger and the right defender.
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 the major leagues as a debutant in 2015, to postpone a year in which they could declare free agent.
Bellinger and Seager made big gains after helping the Los Angeles Dodgers win their first World Series title in 1988. Bellinger, an outfielder and first baseman, 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, the New York Yankees right-hander who was injured for the second season in a row, received a $ 10,175,000 contract.