SAN DIEGO -- Kirby Yates first went through the give-and-take of salary arbitration after the 2017 season, the year he was designated for assignment by the Angels before a fortuitous trip down Interstate 5 to join the Padres as a waiver claim.

He’s a veteran of the process now, though he still never has seen a hearing room. And Yates no longer is just trying to prove himself.

Coming off a season in which he led the Majors with 41 saves and went to the All-Star Game for the first time, Yates is one of the premier closers in the game. He reached his third straight agreement on a one-year deal with the Padres, this time getting a hefty salary bump to $7,062,500, MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand reported.

Outfielder Tommy Pham struck a $7.9 million deal with his new club, a source said. Pham, acquired from the Rays last month, has stood his ground in past negotiations. Last offseason, he failed to reach an agreement with the Rays and went to a hearing. The panel ruled in Pham’s favor, and he earned $4.1 million in 2019 rather than the club’s figure of $3.5 million. In 2018, he was not eligible for arbitration and the Cardinals automatically renewed his contract for $570,100, per the Cot’s Contracts database.

The Padres announced agreements with those two and their six other arbitration-eligible players: catcher Austin Hedges, center fielder Manuel Margot, right-handed starters Zach Davies and Dinelson Lamet, right-handed reliever Luis Perdomo and left-handed reliever Matt Strahm.

Yates, 32, earned $3,062,500 in 2019, when he posted a puny 1.19 ERA and allowed only two home runs in 60 2/3 innings in a season that saw more homers than any other. He had a snazzy 0.89 WHIP and 15 strikeouts per nine innings.

By accepting the $7 million-plus, Yates again avoids an arbitration hearing.

Friday marked the deadline for players and teams to exchange salary figures. The Padres, like most clubs, use that step in the process as a de facto deadline to reach a deal with their arbitration-eligible players. If no deal is struck, an arbitration hearing is scheduled for February. After hearing each side’s case, a panel determines whether to award the player’s requested salary or the club’s offer.

General manager A.J. Preller has never gone to a hearing with one of his Padres players, a streak he kept intact Friday by reaching deals with all eight arbitration-eligible players. The club’s last arbitration hearing was with pitcher Andrew Cashner in 2014, when he won his argument for a $2.4 million salary. The team, under then-GM Josh Byrnes, offered only $125,000 less.

The agreement with Yates -- or any player who accepted a pre-arbitration deal -- does not preclude negotiations on a multiyear deal. Yates is eligible for free agency after this season. Pham is two seasons away from potential free agency.

Davies agreed to a $5.25 million contract for 2020, according to a source. Hedges accepted a deal for $3 million, Margot for $2.475 million, Strahm for $1.4 million, Lamet for $1.3 million and Perdomo for $950,000.