Angels agree to contracts with all five arbitration-eligible players
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The Angels have agreed to contracts with all five of their arbitration-eligible players for 2017.
The team agreed to terms Friday with right fielder Kole Calhoun for $6.35 million, right-hander Garrett Richards for $6.85 million, right-hander Matt Shoemaker for $3.325 million and catcher Martin Maldonado, a new acquisition from Milwaukee, for $1.725 million. They earlier agreed to pay second baseman Danny Espinosa $5.425 million next season.
MLBTradeRumors.com produces projections for arbitration-eligible players each off-season that typically are quite accurate. The site projected Calhoun to earn $6.9 million, Richards $7 million, Shoemaker $3.8 million, Espinosa $5.3 million and Maldonado $1.6 million. By that measurement, the Angels saved more than $1 million.
For players in their first year of eligibility, arbitration can represent by far their biggest payday to date. Shoemaker received $10,000 to sign as an undrafted free agent out of Eastern Michigan University in 2008 and made less than $2 million in nine subsequent seasons.
Friday was the deadline for teams to agree to contracts with their arbitration-eligible players or submit figures for potential hearings. The Angels have not held a hearing in six years.
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