Contreras, Cubs avoid arbitration, agree to $9.625M contract
CHICAGO (AP) — Catcher Willson Contreras and the Chicago Cubs averted an arbitration listening to scheduled for later within the day, agreeing Thursday to a one-year contract for $9.625 million.
The settlement was on the midpoint between the $10.25 million Contreras had requested for and the $9 million the Cubs had supplied when figures had been exchanged on March 22.
Contreras, 30, hit .237 with 21 homers and 57 RBIs in 128 video games final season, main Nationwide League catchers in assists for the third time. The 2-time All-Star is batting .277 with 10 homers and 23 RBIs this season. He’s eligible totally free company after the World Collection.
No statistics or proof from after March 1 would have been admissible in arbitration aside from contract and wage comparisons. The timing was set when Main League Baseball and the gamers’ affiliation agreed to the deal that ended the lockout.
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