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Price gets $19.75 million as 93 in MLB arbitration settle

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2014, file photo, Detroit Tigers pitcher David Price throws against the Minnesota Twins in the first inning of a baseball game in Minneapolis. A person with knowledge of the deal says David Price has reached a $19.75 million, one-year agreement with the Detroit Tigers, avoiding arbitration. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, because the deal has not been announced. It is the largest one-year deal for a player who filed for arbitration, topping Max Scherzer's $15,525,000 agreement with the Tigers last year. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2014, file photo, Detroit Tigers pitcher David Price throws against the Minnesota Twins in the first inning of a baseball game in Minneapolis. A person with knowledge of the deal says David Price has reached a $19.75 million, one-year agreement with the Detroit Tigers, avoiding arbitration. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, because the deal has not been announced. It is the largest one-year deal for a player who filed for arbitration, topping Max Scherzer's $15,525,000 agreement with the Tigers last year. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File) FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2014, file photo, Detroit Tigers pitcher David Price throws against the Minnesota Twins in the first inning of a baseball game in Minneapolis. A person with knowledge of the deal says David Price has reached a $19.75 million, one-year agreement with the Detroit Tigers, avoiding arbitration. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, because the deal has not been announced. It is the largest one-year deal for a player who filed for arbitration, topping Max Scherzer's $15,525,000 agreement with the Tigers last year. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

By Associated Press 1 min read

NEW YORK (AP) – Detroit left-hander David Price set a record for the highest one-year contract for a player in salary arbitration, agreeing to a $19.75 million deal as 93 players reached agreements on the busiest day of baseball’s offseason.

Several other pitchers got big salaries, including Washington’s Doug Fister ($11.4 million) and Stephen Strasburg ($7.4 million), San Diego’s Ian Kennedy ($9.85 million), and Jeff Samardzija of the Chicago White Sox ($9.8 million).

Baltimore first baseman Chris Davis, with one game left to serve on a 25-game suspension for using a banned supplement, got the largest deal among position players Friday at $12 million. Orioles catcher Matt Wieters, coming off season-ending elbow surgery in June, agreed at $8,275,000, and New York Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy at $8 million.

Of the 175 players who filed for arbitration on Tuesday, just 74 exchanged figures with their teams and only 56 were without agreements by Friday night.