Edwin “Sugar” Diaz reaches a $ 7 million deal with the Mets

Puerto Rican reliever Edwin “Sugar” Diaz has reached a $ 7 million deal with the New York Mets to avoid wage arbitration, U.S. media reported.

The pact means a $ 1.9 million increase for Diaz, who in 2020 agreed to $ 5,100,000 in his first year of eligibility for arbitration. In 2019, the pay of the naguabeño was $ 607,425.

Diaz, 26, was able to regain some of his best form in 2020 after a disastrous 2019 in what was his first year with the Mets after being traded by the Seattle Mariners.

In the shortened campaign of 60 games, he had a good performance at the end with an effectiveness of 1.75, although he was relegated from the closing position by the Dominican leader Luis Rojas. SAlvo six games but failed to preserve 4 p.m.

In 2019, he amassed 26 saves, a reduction of 31 compared to his exceptional 2018 season which earned him the American League Relay of the Year award, with effectiveness of 5.59 to 66 games.

Diaz will look to continue with his good time in 2021, the year the Mets strengthened with compatriot and siore star Francisco Lindor.

On the other hand, receiver Victor Caratini reached a $ 1.3 million deal with the San Diego Padres in his first year of eligibility for arbitration. Caratini, 27, was traded to the Parents from the Chicago Cubs alongside Japanese opener Yu Darvish.

Sign Bellinger and judge

Dodgers star Cody Bellinger, meanwhile, agreed a one-year, $ 16.1 million contract with World Series champions on Friday to avoid salary arbitration.

The Los Angeles fielder and first baseman was the Most Valuable Player in the 2019 National League and the Rookie of the Year in the 2017 National League. He hit 239, the lowest of his career, with 12 homers and 30 runs driven in the short season, below an average of 305 with 47 homers and 115 RBIs, all the best of his career.

In addition, goaltender Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees avoided arbitration when they agreed to a one-year contract worth $ 10,175,000.

Judge had his third consecutive season interrupted by injury since winning the 2017 American League Rookie of the Year award, beating 257 with nine homers and 22 RBIs in 101 batting innings and 28 games.

After homing in his first five games, he injured his right calf and played only once between Aug. 11 and Sept. 16.

The two-time All-Star was limited to 112 games in 2018 due to a fractured right wrist when he was hit by a Kansas City Jakob Junis pitch and 102 games in 2019 due to an oblique muscle sprain