PORT CHARLOTT, Florida — New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge and five Atlanta Braves World Series champion players are among 31 players heading to a salary arbitration hearing during the regular season after they failed to conclude contracts and exchanged numbers with their teams.
Judge may become a free agent after the World Series, and the outfielder and team say they want to discuss a long-term deal to keep him in the Bronx. Judge asked New York for $21 million while the Yankees offered $17 million, up from $10,175,000 the previous year.
Meanwhile, Atlanta GM Alex Anthopoulos could end up in potentially awkward hearings against third baseman Austin Riley, shortstop Dansby Swanson, outfielder Adam Duvall and pitchers Max Freed and Luke Jackson. Anthopoulos told The Athletic on Tuesday that the Atlanta club was “alarmed” when popular slugger Freddie Freeman left for the Los Angeles Dodgers as a free agent after Anthopoulos was traded for Oakland’s Matt Olson.
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Riley asked for $4.2 million and was offered $3.95 million, while Swanson wants $10 million against the team’s $9.2 million offer. Duvall asked for $10,275,000 to $9,275,000, Freed for $6.85 million to $6.6 million, and Jackson for $4 million to $3.6 million.
White Sox ace Lucas Giolito asked for $7.5 million but was offered $7.3 million, and Cubs catcher Wilson Contreras wants $10.25 million against a $9 million offer. There are two key players in St. Louis who are still out of deals: Harrison Bader ($4.8M vs. $3.8M) and Tyler O’Neal ($4.15M vs. $3.4M) .
Arbitration-eligible players who have not reached an agreement with their teams must consider their cases in groups of three via videoconference after Opening Day, a scheduling oddity caused by baseball’s 99-day lockout that pushed back the start of spring training. and regular season.
The deadline for the exchange of arbitration numbers has been moved from mid-January to Tuesday. Hearing dates have not been set, they usually take place in February. Teams and players can continue to negotiate and can negotiate a deal at any time.
If the teams and players do not agree on a salary by Opening Day, the player will be paid the rate offered by the club and, if necessary, the salary will be adjusted retroactively.
Batting champion Trea Turner and the Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to a one-year, $21 million deal. Acquired last July from Washington, Turner hit .328 with 28 homers and 32 stolen bases last season. He’s going to be a free agent after this season.
Juan Soto, Turner’s former teammate who is still with Washington, agreed to a one-year deal worth $17.1 million, an $8.6 million raise. Last year, the 23-year-old Soto hit .313 with 29 homers and a .999 OPS.
The Blue Jays signed new third baseman Matt Chapman to a two-year, $25 million contract six days after he signed a deal with Oakland. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. received $7.9 million in his first arbitration season.
Other notable one-year deals signed on Tuesday include NL Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burns ($6.5 million), Boston star Raphael Devers ($11.2 million), Milwaukee FC Josh Hader ($11 million), New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso ($7.4 million). , Cleveland player Shane Bieber for $6 million and Cincinnati trade target Luis Castillo ($7.35 million),
Some other players who didn’t close the deal by Tuesday’s deadline: John Means of Baltimore and Trey Mancini; Lucas Sims of Cincinnati; Kyle Freeland from Colorado; Spencer Turnbull from Detroit; Andrew Benintendi and Nicky Lopez of Kansas City; Miami’s Jesus Aguilar, Pablo Lopez, Jacob Stallings and Joey Wendl; Adrian Hauser of Milwaukee; Chris Bassitt of the Mets; Luis Arraes and Gary Sanchez of Minnesota; Zach Eflin of Philadelphia; Brian Reynolds and Kevin Newman of Pittsburgh; Adam Frazier from Seattle, Mitch Haniger and Jesse Winker; and Victor Robles of Washington.