CINCINNATI (AP) – The Reds have agreed to a four-year contract with All-Star catcher Devin Mesoraco, leaving them with two players in salary arbitration.
Mesoraco made $525,000 last season, when he took over as the starter and led all major league catchers in homers (25) and RBIs (80) while batting .273. His 24 homers while catching were the most by a Reds player since Johnny Bench did it in 1977.
Mesoraco had asked for $3.6 million in arbitration and the club offered $2.45 million.
Details of Mesoraco’s new salary weren’t immediately available.
Third baseman Todd Frazier and closer Aroldis Chapman – also all-stars last season – remain in arbitration. Frazier is seeking $5.7 million and Chapman has asked for $8.7 million. The Reds haven’t had a player go to an arbitration hearing since 2004.
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