Familia, Mets Agree To $4.1 Million, 1-Year Contract
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Mets settled their last salary arbitration case, agreeing to a $4.1 million, one-year contract with closer Jeurys Familia.
The deal Wednesday was $50,000 above the midpoint between the $4.8 million Familia wanted and the $3.3 million the Mets offered when the sides exchanged proposed arbitration salaries last month.
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Under the contract negotiated by agents Sam and Seth Levinson, Familia has the highest salary for a reliever with one full season as a closer, topping Baltimore's Zach Britton, who had a $3.2 million base salary last year and earned $325,000 in performance and award bonuses.
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