# Cardinals Reach Contract Agreement With 5 Arbitration Players

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/cardinals-reach-contract-agreement-with-5-arbitration-players/
- Published: 2024-01-11T14:28:03-06:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **_CARDINALS REACH AGREEMENTS WITH FIVE PLAYERS_**

#### **_CARLSON, HELSLEY, KING, KITTREDGE & ROMERO AGREE TO 2024 CONTRACTS_** **_AND AVOID SALARY ARBITRATION_**

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**ST. LOUIS, MO., January 11, 2024 **– The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that
they have reached agreements on one-year contracts for the upcoming 2024 season 
with outfielder **_[Dylan Carlson](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carlsdy01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2024-01-11_br)_**
and pitchers **_[Ryan Helsley](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/helslry01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2024-01-11_br)_**,**_
[John King](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kingjo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2024-01-11_br)_**,**_
[Andrew Kittredge](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kittran01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2024-01-11_br)_**
and **_[JoJo Romero](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/romerjo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2024-01-11_br)_**,
avoiding salary arbitration. Financial terms of the deals were not disclosed.

The team will exchange salary arbitration figures with infielder/outfielder **_[Tommy Edman](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/edmanto01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2024-01-11_br)_**.

**— STL —**

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Terms for King and Romero have not been disclosed yet. [Derrick Goold is reporting](https://twitter.com/dgoold/status/1745501489521401875)
that Carlson is making $2.35M while [John Denton reported](https://twitter.com/JohnDenton555/status/1745526663318851935)
Helsley will be making $3.8M; [MLB Trade Rumors projected](https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/10/projected-arbitration-salaries-for-2024.html)
Carlson at $1.8M while Helsley was projected at $3.0M. Kittredge [will make $2.2625M](https://www.stltoday.com/sports/professional/mlb/cardinals/cardinals-head-toward-arbitration-hearing-with-tommy-edman-but-finalize-five-other-deals/article_4974376e-b0ba-11ee-8a43-1b2220321d7b.html#tracking-source=home-top-story);
he was projected at $2.3M

King was projected to make $1.0M and Romero $900k.

Edman and the Cardinals will wait until the hearing to work out their deal; no word
on what each side is filing at. The Cardinals in recent years have not negotiated
with players after the filing deadline; they went to a hearing with Helsley last
year and [Jack Flaherty](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/flaheja01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2024-01-11_br)
the year before. I do feel that the Cardinals might make an exception here if Edman
is open to a long-term extension.

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