# Press Release: Cardinals Reach Agreement with 3 Players

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/press-release-cardinals-reach-agreement-with-3-players/
- Published: 2021-01-15T14:52:21-06:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

**_BADER, HICKS & REYES AGREE TO 2021 CONTRACTS TO AVOID ARBITRATION_**

**ST. LOUIS, Mo. – January 15, 2021 **– The St. Louis Cardinals announced today 
that they have reached agreements on one-year contracts for the upcoming 2021 season
with outfielder **_[Harrison Bader](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/baderha01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)_**
and pitchers **_[Jordan Hicks](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=hicksjo03,hicks-001jor&search=Jordan+Hicks&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)_**
and **_[Alex Reyes](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=reyesal02,reyes-001ale&search=Alex+Reyes&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)_**,
avoiding salary arbitration. Financial terms of the deals were not disclosed.

The team will exchange salary arbitration figures with pitcher **_[Jack Flaherty](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/flaheja01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)_**
following today’s 12 noon CST deadline.

Bader, 26, batted .226 with 4 HR and 11 RBI in 50 games in 2020, including a .360
mark vs. left-handed pitchers. The right-handed hitting outfielder is considered
among the game’s top defensive centerfielders.

Hicks, 24, opted out of the 2020 season due to COVID health concerns, as he continued
his recovery from [Tommy John](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnto01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)
surgery. The fire-balling reliever has recorded 20 career saves, including 14 prior
to his elbow injury in 2019.

Reyes, 26, appeared in single-season high 15 games for the Cardinals in 2020, striking
out 27 batters in 19.2 innings pitched, and he gained a save in the team’s Game 
1 playoff win at San Diego with 3.1 innings of work to close out the 7-4 victory.

**-STL-**

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