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Orioles reach agreement on contracts with Hays, Mullins, Santander, Mateo and Tate; Voth heads toward arbitration

The Orioles agreed on contract terms with five of their six players eligible for arbitration on Friday — outfielders Austin Hays, Cedric Mullins and Anthony Santander, infielder Jorge Mateo and reliever Dillon Tate. They did not come to an agreement with right-handed pitcher Austin Voth, and they’ll exchange figures ahead of an arbitration hearing.

According to the Athletic, Santander agreed to a contract for a base salary of $7.4 million plus incentives, Mullins for a base salary of $4.1 million plus incentives, Hays for $3.2 million plus incentives, and Mateo for $2 million plus incentives. According to the Baltimore Banner, Tate will receive $1.5 million plus incentives. MASNsports.com was first with news of Hays’ agreement.

MLBTradeRumors.com predicted that Voth could receive $2 million in arbitration. It’s not known what Voth is asking for and what the Orioles are offering.

Executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias has a policy of not negotiating beyond the deadline but made exceptions for multi-year deals for Trey Mancini and John Means last year, which were agreed to before arbitration hearings.

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Note: The Orioles sent infielder/outfielder Luis De La Cruz to the New York Mets as the player-to-be-named later in the deal that brought James McCann to Baltimore last month. The 20-year-old De La Cruz hit .291 with 12 RBIs in 33 games for the Orioles Black team in the Florida Complex League last season.

 

Rich Dubroff

Rich Dubroff grew up in Brooklyn as a fan of New York teams, but after he moved to Baltimore, quickly adopted the Orioles and Colts. After nearly two decades as a freelancer assisting on Orioles coverage for several outlets, principally The Capital in Annapolis and The Carroll County Times, Dubroff began covering the team fulltime in 2011. He spent five years at Comcast SportsNet’s website and for the last two seasons, wrote for PressBoxonline.com, Dubroff lives in Baltimore with his wife of more than 30 years, Susan.

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