# Press Release: Cardinals Reach 1-Year Agreements with Arbitration Eligible Players - Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/press-release-cardinals-reach-1-year-agreements-with-arbitration-eligible-players/ - Published: 2018-01-12T14:59:18-06:00 - Author: Eugene Tierney **_Grichuk, Lyons, Ozuna & Wacha signed for 2018_** **ST LOUIS, MO., January 12, 2018 – **The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have reached agreements on one-year contracts for 2018 with outfielder **_[Randal Grichuk](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grichra01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)_**, pitcher **_[Tyler Lyons](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lyonsty01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)_**, outfielder **_[Marcell Ozuna](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/ozunama01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)_** and pitcher **_[Michael Wacha](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wachami01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)_**, avoiding salary arbitration with all four players.  Financial terms of the deals were not disclosed. Grichuk, 26, belted 22 home runs last season, including six against the rival Chicago Cubs – the most of any player in 2017 – and his 153 extra base hits since 2015 are second only to [Matt Carpenter](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carpema01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)( 194) amongst Cardinals players. Lyons, 29, made a career-high 50 appearances last season and ranked among National League left-handed relief leaders in ERA (2.83, 8^(th)) and WHIP (1.09, 4^(th)). Lyons limited opposing left-handed batters to a .174 BA and right-handers to a . 224 mark, striking out 34 pct. of the right-handers he faced. Ozuna, 27, who joined the Cardinals last month in a trade from Miami, completed his second consecutive All-Star season last year, earning selection as both an N. L. Silver Slugger and _Rawlings_ Gold Glove award winner.  Ozuna ranked 3^(rd) in the majors with 124 RBI and ranked 3^(rd) in the N.L. in home runs (37) and 4^(th) in hits (191), while batting a career-best .312.   His .924 on-base + slugging pct. led all National League clean-up hitters. Wacha, 26, matched his single-season career high with 30 starts last season, while reaching double-digit wins (12) for the 2^(nd) time in his career, going 12-9 with a 4.13 ERA in 165.2 innings pitched.  Wacha allowed just 17 home runs and fanned a career best 158 batters.   Wacha owns a career .600 winning pct. (45-30), including a 24-12 (.667) career mark at Busch Stadium III. **-STL-** ### Share this: * [ Facebook ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/press-release-cardinals-reach-1-year-agreements-with-arbitration-eligible-players/?share=facebook) * [ X ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/press-release-cardinals-reach-1-year-agreements-with-arbitration-eligible-players/?share=x) * [ Email ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/press-release-cardinals-reach-1-year-agreements-with-arbitration-eligible-players/?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Press%20Release%3A%20Cardinals%20Reach%201-Year%20Agreements%20with%20Arbitration%20Eligible%20Players&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyrdcast.com%2Fpress-release-cardinals-reach-1-year-agreements-with-arbitration-eligible-players%2F&share=email) * [ LinkedIn ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/press-release-cardinals-reach-1-year-agreements-with-arbitration-eligible-players/?share=linkedin) * [ Mastodon ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/press-release-cardinals-reach-1-year-agreements-with-arbitration-eligible-players/?share=mastodon) * [ Nextdoor ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/press-release-cardinals-reach-1-year-agreements-with-arbitration-eligible-players/?share=nextdoor) * [ Pinterest ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/press-release-cardinals-reach-1-year-agreements-with-arbitration-eligible-players/?share=pinterest) * [ Reddit ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/press-release-cardinals-reach-1-year-agreements-with-arbitration-eligible-players/?share=reddit) * [ Tumblr ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/press-release-cardinals-reach-1-year-agreements-with-arbitration-eligible-players/?share=tumblr) ### Like this: Like Loading… ### _Related_