The New York Mets and Ruben Tejada have settled on a $1.88 million contract for the 2015 season and will avoid arbitration, according to ESPN reporter Adam Rubin.
After the Mets tendered Tejada last month, manager Terry Collins was quick to say that Tejada could very well be the Mets’ starting shortstop and that Wilmer Flores hasn’t won anything in his eyes.
A day later, Sandy Alderson quickly extinguished what Collins said and told reporters that Flores was the starting shortstop and that Tejada would serve in a utility infielder role.
