The Dodgers averted wage arbitration with pitcher Walker Buehler, bowing the correct to an $8.025 million contract by 2024, by Robert Murray of FanSided.
Supply: Walker Buehler, Dodgers accept $8.025 million, avoiding arbitration.
– Robert Murray (@ByRobertMurray) January 11, 2024
Fabian Ardaya at The Athletic additionally reported on a few potential bonuses for Buehler:
The Dodgers settled with Walker Buehler at $8.025 million to keep away from arbitration, supply confirms.
Plus: $125,000 for LCS MVP, $125,000 for WS MVP. @ByRobertMurray he had the settlement.
— Fabian Ardaya (@FabianArdaya) January 11, 2024
That wage matches what Buehler earned in 2023, which was to be anticipated since he didn't pitch for many of final season whereas recovering from Tommy John surgical procedure and elbow flexor repairs proper from August 2022.
Regardless of lacking the final 12 months and a half on the mound, Buehler boasts a formidable resume thus far in his profession, which incorporates 5 years, 168 days of main league service time.
Buehler has a 3.02 ERA and three.26 FIP in 115 profession video games, together with 108 begins with 690 strikeouts and 162 walks in 638⅓ innings. The 2-time All-Star has acquired Nationwide League Cy Younger Award votes in two seasons, together with fourth in 2021.
At 46-16, Buehler's .742 successful share is the second-highest in Dodgers historical past amongst pitchers with a minimum of 50 selections, trailing solely Zack Greinke (51-15, .773).
Buehler has additionally been probably the greatest big-game pitchers lately, together with a 2.94 ERA in 15 postseason begins, plus 6⅔ innings of scoreless baseball within the NL West tiebreaker sport in 2018 as a rookie.
Each MLB Commerce Rumors and Cot's Baseball Contracts projected that Buehler in 2024 will earn $8.025 million, matching his 2023 wage. I guessed $8.2 million for the correct.
