3:45 PM ET
Associated Press
NEW YORK -- Edwin Díaz's $102 million, five-year declaration with the New York Mets includes $26.5 cardinal successful deferred payments that helium won't wholly person until 2042 and besides has a nine enactment for 2028 that could marque the woody worthy $118.25 cardinal implicit six seasons.
Díaz's deal, announced Wednesday, acceptable a grounds for dollars guaranteed to a alleviation pitcher. It includes a $12 cardinal signing bonus payable successful January and salaries of $17.25 cardinal successful some 2023 and 2024, and $17.5 cardinal successful 2025.
Díaz has a $18.5 cardinal subordinate enactment for some 2026 and 2027, and helium indispensable determine connected some aft the 2025 season. If they are exercised, the Mets person a $17.25 cardinal enactment for 2028 with a $1 cardinal buyout.
New York volition defer $5.5 cardinal annually from 2023-25 and $5 cardinal each twelvemonth successful 2026 and 2027, with payments owed connected July 1 successful aboriginal years.
The breakdown:
Deferment of 2023 money: $2.65 cardinal each successful 2033 and 2034, and $200,000 successful 2035.
Deferment of 2024 money: $2.45 cardinal successful 2035, $2.65 cardinal successful 2036 and $400,000 successful 2037.
Deferment of 2025 money: $2.25 cardinal successful 2037, $2.65 cardinal successful 2038 and $600,000 successful 2039.
Deferment of 2026 money: $2.05 cardinal successful 2039, $2.65 cardinal successful 2040 and $300,000 successful 2041.
Deferment of 2027 money: $2.35 cardinal successful 2041 and $2.65 cardinal successful 2042.
If the Mets workout the 2028 option, nary of that wage would beryllium deferred.
Díaz gets a afloat no-trade proviso done the 2025 play and starting Nov. 1, 2025, gets a constricted no-trade proviso allowing him to artifact trades to 10 teams.
He would gain $100,000 for World Series MVP and Rivera/Hoffman reliever of the year, $50,000 for All-Star selection, Gold Glove, League Championship Series MVP oregon Cy Young, positive $25,000 for finishing 2nd successful Cy Young voting and $10,000 for third.
Díaz's woody broke the erstwhile precocious for a reliever, acceptable erstwhile Aroldis Chapman returned to the New York Yankees aft the 2016 play for an $86 million, five-year agreement. Chapman voided the past 2 years and reached a $48 million, three-year declaration that brought his net to $104 cardinal implicit six seasons.
Díaz went 3-1 with a 1.31 ERA and 32 saves successful 35 chances this year, making his 2nd All-Star team. He had 118 strikeouts successful 62 innings implicit 61 appearances arsenic New York won 101 games -- second-most successful nine past -- and earned the apical National League chaotic paper for its archetypal playoff berth successful six years.
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