After reaching a salary arbitration hearing with Joc Pederson on Thursday — he lost his case — today the Dodgers announced that the club and utility player Chris Taylor have agreed to a two-year contract extension, avoiding arbitration.
Per source, Taylor gets $13.4 million over two years from Dodgers, which buys out his final two years of arbitration. He had been seeking $5.8 million in arbitration. Taylor will get $5.6 million in 2020 and $7.8 million in 2021.
— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) February 7, 2020
As MLB scribe notes in the above tweet, CT3 will earn $13.4M over the next two seasons. This comes on the heels of the Dodgers and Max Muncy agreeing to a three-year deal on Thursday.
Next up for Los Angeles is one more case that seems likely to avoid arbitration is with pitcher Pedro Baez.
With Max Muncy and Chris Taylor signing multi-year deals and Joc Pederson's arbitration case completed, the Dodgers have only Pedro Baez's arbitration case remaining.
— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) February 7, 2020
Baez submitted a salary of $4M for the 2020 season while the Dodgers offered $3.5M. The 31-year-old is entering his final season of team control and slots in as a middle reliever in a re-stocked bullpen.
2020 will mark Taylor’s fifth season Los Angeles since being acquired in a trade with the Seattle Mariners for former top pitching prospect Zach Lee.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to a two-year contract extension with infielder/outfielder Chris Taylor, avoiding arbitration.
Taylor, 29, played in 124 games last season with the Dodgers, hitting .262 (96-for-366) with 12 homers and 52 RBI. He has spent parts of four seasons with Los Angeles, slashing .266/.337/.463 while amassing 51 homers and 194 RBI over 453 games.
In 2017, he was named NLCS co-MVP after hitting .316 (6-for-19) with five runs, four extra-base hits and three RBI. The Virginia Beach native was originally acquired by the Dodgers on June 19, 2016 from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for right-handed pitcher Zach Lee.