It was a quiet arbitration season for the New York Yankees and New York Mets. Simply put, all arbitration-eligible players on both teams agreed to terms with their team.
Let’s break it down:
New York Yankees
The biggest winner of the arbitration dance was James Paxton, agreeing to a one year deal worth $12.5 million. Aaron Judge was second, agreeing to a one year, $8.5 million deal. The Yankees will need to reach a contract extension with Judge by 2023 if they want to avoid free agency with the star right fielder, Paxton will be a free agent by 2021.
Gary Sanchez got $5 million on a one year deal. Sanchez, like Judge, will be a free agent by 2023. Tommy Kahnle (free agent by 2022) got a one year, $2.5 million deal, Luis Cessa (2024) got $895,000, Johnathan Holder (2024) got $750 thousand, and Gio Urshela (2024) received $2.5 million.
New York Mets
The Mets players were, by and large, were paid better than the Yankees players. The top 3 winners were Marcus Stroman (free agent 2021) at $12 million, Noah Syndergaard (2022) got $9.7 million, and Michael Conforto (2022) at $8 million. Both Edwin Diaz (2023) and Steven Matz (2022) both got deals in the $5 million range. Jake Marisnick (2021), Brandon Nimmo (2023), and Seth Lugo (2023) all received $2 million and higher. And Robert Gsellman (2023) got $1.225 million.
Good job to both teams. Is it Spring Training yet?