NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — NL Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom and the New York Mets agreed to a $17 million, one-year contract, a record raise for an arbitration-eligible player from his $7.4 million salary.
The deal was agreed to Friday afternoon, just hours before the pitcher and team were set to exchange proposed salaries in arbitration and have a judge settle the matter for 2019.
The $17 million deal set a new mark for a pitcher in his third year of arbitration. The $9.6 million raise for an arbitration-eligible player also edged out the previous record of $9.