Mets and Jeurys Familia avoid arbitration and settle on new deal

The Mets have locked up all their bullpen arbitration-eligible pitchers before the deadline with their closer now in the books.

According to The New York Times’ James Wagner, the club has agreed to settle with Jeurys Familia. The figure being reported is $7.425 million, less than the projected $8.7 million that many experts were expecting.

Familia’s 2016 campaign was pretty phenomenal for the most part. While the ending to the Wild Card game will forever leave a sour taste in our mouths, we can’t forget what Jeurys accomplished throughout the summer.

After setting a new franchise record for saves, Familia steamrolled into the playoffs and was arguably one of the most solid pieces of a team that had been decimated by injuries. Unfortunately, as we all know, that didn’t pan out.

Familia’s offseason hasn’t been much better either. Since being involved in a domestic altercation at the end of October of last year, the Mets closer’s fate for the 2017 season has been incredibly unclear. Familia’s arrest and charge were ultimately scrubbed which could suggest his suspension wouldn’t be as heavy as others that have been arrested for similar instances.

Familia’s own attorney is hopeful that he may not even have to serve a suspension if the Commissioner believes this incident wasn’t nearly as bad as previously thought. Unfortunately, until a decision is announced, we’ll just have to keep waiting to see.

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With Familia off the board, New York now has just three players remaining as arbitration-eligible.

• Matt Harvey (proj. $5.2 million)
• Jacob deGrom (proj. $4.5 million)
• Wilmer Flores (proj. $1.9 million)

Details of all these deals are likely still rolling in, so don’t worry too much about the fact that we’re already past the deadline.