NEW YORK – After 112 players agreed to one-year contracts on Friday, only 13 players remained on track to exchange proposals for possible salary arbitrage, in what was an interruption of withheld transactions after financial havoc caused the coronavirus pandemic .
The agreements came about on the day that the deadline for players and clubs to exchange salary proposals for 2021 passed.
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.
Dansby Swanson, shortstop for the Atlanta Braves, was the other player to ask for over $ 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 is $ 3.25 million.
Two members of the Los Angeles Dodgers monarchs would attend the hearings. Ace Walker Buehler asked for $ 4.15 million and was offered $ 3.3 million. Wide receiver Austin Barnes is demanding $ 2 million against a $ 1.5 million offer.
American League champions 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, a pitcher and slugger for the Los Angeles Angels, saw his batting average drop to .190 and threw a total of one and a third inning after an operation on Tommy John. He asked for $ 3.3 million and was offered $ 2.5 million.
The New York Mets and third baseman JD Davis ($ 2.47 vs. $ 2.1 million), Baltimore Orioles and Venezuelan Anthony Santander ($ 2.47 vs. $ 2.1 million), St. Louis Cardinals and right-handed Jack Flaherty ($ 3.9 vs. $ 3 million) and Colombian broker Donovan Solano ($ 3.9 vs. $ 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.
Francisco Lindor, Kris Bryant, Cody Bellinger and Corey Seager were among the 112 players who agreed to one-year contracts.
Lindor, a shortstop acquired by the New York Mets from the Cleveland Indians last week, earned the largest of the deals, at $ 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.
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According to Carlos Nava, both second baseman and the team got what they wanted with their six-year deal of $ 80 million, on a day that also avoided arbitration with the burly slugger and right fielder.
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 delayed his promotion to the major leagues as a rookie in 2015, to postpone a year in which he could declare a free agent.
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, the right fielder of the New York Yankees who was injured for the second consecutive season, was awarded a $ 10,175,000 contract.