The Mets entered the offseason with 13 arbitration eligible players, the second most in the majors. The deadline to settle with players to avoid arbitration is on Friday on 1 p.m. ET.
MLB Trade Rumors released their projections for all arbitration eligible players in October.
The Mets non-tendered Chasen Shreve to bring that number down to 12 arbitration eligible players. They also already settled with Noah Syndergaard at $9.7 million – exactly what is projected below. The Mets previously settled with outfielder Guillermo Heredia at $1 million ($1.5M projected) and left-hander Steven Matz at $5.2 million ($5.3M projected).
Here’s what MLBTR had for Mets players, projected on the left and settled on the right
- SS Francisco Lindor – $21.5M
- OF Guillermo Heredia – $1.5M/settled $1.0M
- OF Michael Conforto – $13.6M
- OF/IF J.D. Davis – $2.9M
- RHP Jacob Barnes – Settled $750K
- RHP Edwin Diaz – $6.5M/Settled $7.0M
- RHP Robert Gsellman – $1.4M/settled $1.3M
- RHP Seth Lugo – $3.1M/settled $2.925M
- LHP Steven Matz – $5.3M/settled $5.2M
- OF Brandon Nimmo – $5.2M
- 1B/OF Dominic Smith – $3.6M/settled 2.55M
- RHP Noah Syndergaard – $9.7MM projected/settled $9.7M
- RHP Miguel Castro – $1.8M/settled $1.6875M
We will be updating the tracker as new information becomes available.
