The Yankees avoided arbitration with Didi Gregorius, announcing Tuesday that they had agreed to a one-year deal with their incumbent shortstop.
Gregorius, who had a fine first season as the man who replaced Derek Jeter, will make $2.425 million in 2016, a baseball source said. after the two sides settled. Gregorius had filed an arbitration figure of $2.525 million and the Yankees countered at $2.3 million.
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The deal leaves the Yankees with three remaining arbitration-eligible players – Aroldis Chapman, Nathan Eovaldi and Ivan Nova. Chapman and the Yanks are $4.