The New York Mets didn’t make any major headlines this week when they renewed the contract of Edwin Diaz. Not yet arbitration eligible, Diaz will take home over $607K in 2019.
New York could have paid him the league minimum of $550, but decided to give him a relatively small (in baseball terms) boost to what he will earn.
Diaz was the last non-arbitration eligible player on the Mets’ 40-man roster with a financial decision to make. The deadline isn’t until next week yet getting the deal done a few days earlier will at least destroy some possibilities of “animosity.