Yankees, Gregorious avoid arbitration

Shortstop Didi Gregorius and the New York Yankees settled at $5.1M to avoid arbitration on Friday.

Gregorious hit .276 (155-for-562) with 68R, 32 doubles, 20HR and 70RBI in 153 games with the Yankees, and set career highs with 155H, 32 doubles, 20HR, 70RBI and a team-leading 54 extra-base hits (32 doubles, 2 triples, 20HR) in 153 games in 2016. It marked the most XBH by a Yankees SS since Derek Jeter in 2007 (55XBH)... ranked second among Yankees position players with 2.7 WAR (FanGraphs), trailing only Gary Sanchez (3.2)... tied for the team lead in RBI (also Castro) and ranked second in hits (Castro-156).

Gregorious Is the sixth SS in Yankees history with 30 doubles in a season (also Jeter-9x, Frankie Crosetti-2x, Tony Kubek-1x, Phil Rizzuto-1x and Lyn Lary-1x). He is the fourth Yankees shortstop to hit at least 20HR in a season (Jeter-24 in 1999, 23 in 2004, 21 in 2001; Roy Smalley-20 in 1982, Tom Tresh-20 in 1962).