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Mets, Tomas Nido Agree To Two-Year Deal

By Steve Adams | January 18, 2023 at 1:40pm CDT

The Mets have agreed to a two-year, $3.7MM contract with catcher Tomas Nido, reports Robert Murray of FanSided (Twitter link). The contract buys out his final two seasons of arbitration eligibility and will pay the ACES client $1.6MM in 2023 and $2.1MM in 2024.

Nido had been projected by MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz to earn $1.6MM in 2023. He’d originally reached a one-year agreement worth $1.575MM, but he’ll instead get a bump for the upcoming season and lock in his final two years of club control at fixed price points. The deal grants the Mets a bit of additional cost certainty beyond the current season and ensures that they’ll retain control over a strong defensive backup at an affordable rate.

The 28-year-old Nido has posted a .236/.275/.338 batting line in exactly 500 Major League plate appearances over the past three seasons. It’s tepid offense at best, and while he’s been slightly below-average in terms of preventing stolen bases (22% caught-stealing rate), Nido has thrived in other defensive aspects of the game. He’s drawn standout framing marks from each of Statcast, FanGraphs and Baseball Prospectus, the latter of which also grades him as well above-average in terms of blocking pitches in the dirt. Nido has tallied just 1132 innings hind the plate since Opening Day 2021 but nonetheless racked up a whopping 18 Defensive Runs Saved.

Nido, at one point, was one of four catchers on the Mets’ roster before they lined up with the Orioles on a trade sending James McCann to Baltimore. He’s now likely to open the season behind Omar Narvaez, but the Mets will have top prospect Francisco Alvarez looming in the minors as an heir-apparent who could quickly reach the Majors in the event of an injury to Narvaez. Alvarez, 21, reached the Majors briefly in 2022 and went 2-for-12 with a home run and a double.

There’s been some speculation about him potentially serving as a DH option for the Mets early in the year, but as SNY’s Andy Martino wrote this morning in the wake of the Mets’ one-year deal with Tommy Pham, Alvarez won’t be a DH at the Major League level. He’s instead expected to get everyday reps behind the plate in Triple-A Syracuse. Narvaez is playing under a two-year, $15MM contract, but the second season of that deal is a player option valued at $7MM. If he has even a decent season with the Mets, he’ll likely decline that option and return to the market, setting the stage for Alvarez and Nido to take over as the primary catching tandem.

Nido’s deal is a low-cost move for the Mets, but it still slightly elevates their luxury-tax bill on the season. Had Nido remained on the $1.575MM deal to which he’d previously agreed, the Mets would’ve only owed him that salary and paid a 90% tax on that sum (a combined $2.9925MM expenditure). Instead, Nido’s luxury hit will be based on the $1.85MM average annual value of his new contract. The new contract will tack on an additional $272,500 to the team’s luxury bill. Nido will be a free agent following the 2024 season.

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Comments

  1. The Baseball Fan

    2 weeks ago

    Two year arbitration deal?

    Reply
    • rols1026

      2 weeks ago

      Very common

      Reply
      • Steve Adams

        2 weeks ago

        Yeah there’s a handful every year. This is the first of the current offseason, I think, but the past few offseasons have featured deals like this for Matt Chapman, Harrison Bader, Austin Barnes, Mike Clevinger, Walker Buehler and others.

        Reply
        • Mikenmn

          2 weeks ago

          Steve, if they trade Nido midseason and bring up Alvarez, what happens to the CBT tax calculation?

        • deweybelongsinthehall

          2 weeks ago

          I believe it’s calculated at the end of the season and figured until then are approximate, assuming roster remains as is. Your thoughts crossed my mind. At that price point, there always is a market for a defense first catcher.

        • Lone Rangers

          2 weeks ago

          Hi Steve!

  2. CarverAndrews

    2 weeks ago

    I could live very well indeed on only a very small small portion of the Cohen luxury tax bill..

    Reply
    • Holy Cow!

      2 weeks ago

      Yes, the amounts being thrown around are mind-boggling. I looked up Andrew Chafin’s age. He was born the day before I started my career after graduating college. Chafin could easily double my career earnings with the salary he makes in 2023.

      Reply
      • deweybelongsinthehall

        2 weeks ago

        With his new deal, Aaron Judge might have doubled mine. I’ll have to get my Turbo Tax numbers out to check.

        Reply
        • deweybelongsinthehall

          2 weeks ago

          Nope. Combining 23 and 24, he will be very close…

        • phenomenalajs

          2 weeks ago

          Are you a CEO? Half of two years is one year. You’d have to be getting $1M per year over 40 years. When the Mets were trying to sign Correa, I figured a year of my salary would be able to cover an official five-inning game of his if you figured it by inning. (Just checked, I could make it through the sixth.)

        • deweybelongsinthehall

          2 weeks ago

          Pheno, it was tongue in cheek.

      • Hippyripper

        2 weeks ago

        Oh yeah inflation is really fun stuff, let me tell you? There’s a massive loop hole in it, we’re all so screwed it not even funny

        Reply
    • YankeesBleacherCreature

      2 weeks ago

      John Fisher, is that you?

      Reply
  3. ExileInLA 2

    2 weeks ago

    That $272,500 in luxury tax savings for 2024 will allow the Mets to sign both Ohtani and Machado.

    Reply
    • Buzz Killington

      2 weeks ago

      Don’t forget Nolan Arrenado. They’ll find a place for him.

      Reply
      • Ham Fighter

        2 weeks ago

        He can’t hit not good defensively=multi million dollar contract. I’m in the wrong profession

        Reply
        • Jeffrey R. Kosnett

          2 weeks ago

          Nido is excellent behind the plate and although he is a weak hitter like many reserve catchers he hits a few homers and usually in key spots.

        • Chris G.

          2 weeks ago

          He was a Gold Glove finalist, and he should’ve won it.

    • Steve Rogers

      2 weeks ago

      NY native Machado will sign with the Mets or Yankees. He will go to the highest bidder which probably is Cohen’s Mets. As for Ohtani the Cubs may have the inside track due to Ohtani’s relationship with the Cubs Seiya Suzuki. However, as we witnessed this free agent offseason there is no surety where baseball free agents choose to play for. No point going any further for free agency is almost a year away.

      Reply
  4. dugmet

    2 weeks ago

    Nice backup or part time player

    Reply
  5. MrMet62

    2 weeks ago

    Neato Nido!

    Reply
  6. angt222

    2 weeks ago

    Solid move for the Mets. Lock up their backup catcher for two years before his age 30 season.

    Reply
    • angt222

      2 weeks ago

      *Signed thru his age 30 season.

      Reply
  7. raisinsss

    2 weeks ago

    In a more limited 2021 sample, he threw out 12 in 21 attempts for a cs% of 57%.

    I think he’s better than the 21% this year, if not at that level.

    Reply
  8. NYMetsFanatic

    2 weeks ago

    How can you not like Nido. The guy plays his heart out and gives 100% every game. He’s probably the most unsung hero of that team. I’ve seen him make some fantastic plays last season that McCann couldn’t dream of making himself.

    Reply
  9. jerzymike

    2 weeks ago

    We also have Parada coming who has a great hit tool from what I understand and is perhaps a better receiver than Sanchez.

    Reply
    • cleonswoboda

      2 weeks ago

      to me Parada is the catcher of the future for the Mets and as for Nido his defense is woefully under rated and his offensive numbers would be better if he didn’t get so pull happy at times.

      Reply

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