NY Francisco Lindor, Kris Bryant, Cody Bellinger and Corey Seager were among the 112 players who agreed to one-year contracts on Friday.
This left only 13 players on the way to exchange proposals for final salary arbitrage, in what was a pause in discrete transactions following the financial havoc caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The agreements came about on the day that the deadline for players and clubs to exchange salary proposals for 2021 passed.
Lindor, a shortstop acquired by Cleveland’s New York Mets last week, made the biggest deal for $ 22.3 million. The Mets hope to sign a longer-term deal with Lindor to prevent him from declaring a free agent at the end of the season.
The Puerto Rican has said he doesn’t want the talks to last longer than next month, when the preseason will begin.
Bryant reached a $ 19.5 million deal with the Chicago Cubs. He can also declare himself a free agent after the season – he was not eligible for one day at the end of the 2020 season.
The third baseman lost a call due to disagreement he submitted in the final break between campaigns. He then argued that the Cubs had postponed his promotion to the majors as a rookie in 2015, to postpone the time he could declare a free agent for a year.
Bellinger and Seager made big gains after helping the Los Angeles Dodgers win their first World Series title since 1988. Bellinger, outfielder and first baseman, agreed to a $ 16.1 million deal. Seager, MVP of the National League Championship Series and Fall Classic, struck a deal for $ 13.75 million.
Aaron Judge, a New York right fielder who was injured for the second consecutive season, was awarded a $ 10,175,000 contract.
Among the players planning to attend hearings is the most prominent Puerto Rican Carlos Correa. The Houston Astros shortstop asked for an increase from $ 8 million to $ 12.5 million, while Houston has put $ 9.75 million on the table.
Atlanta shortstop Dansby Swanson was the other player to ask for 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 bid is 3.25 million.
Two members of the Dodgers monarchs would attend the hearings. Ace Walker Buehler asked for 4.15 million and was offered 3.3 million. Catcher Austin Barnes is demanding 2 million against a bid of 1.5 million.
American League champion 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 drop to .190 on the stick and threw a total of a third inning after an operation on Tommy John. He asked for 3.3 million and was offered 2.5 million.
The Mets and third baseman JD Davis (2.47 to 2.1 million), Baltimore and Venezuelan Anthony Santander (2.47 to 2.1 million), San Luis and right-handed Jack Flaherty (3.9 to 3 million) and Colombian second baseman Donovan Solano (3.9 million to 3.25 million).
For players who do not reach an agreement, virtual hearings before a three-person arbitration panel will take place from February 1 to 19.