Richards, Shoemaker strike deals

Relievers Alvarez, Ramirez also agree to contracts for 2018

January 12th, 2018

The Angels have reached one-year agreements on Friday with pitchers and , avoiding salary arbitration.
Richards, who had a 2.28 ERA in six starts, will receive $7.3 million after earning $3 million last year. Shoemaker, who went 6-3 with a 4.52 ERA in 14 starts, will earn $4.125 million after getting $3.325 million in 2017, a season cut short by forearm surgery.
($1.05 million), JC Ramirez ($1.9 million) and ($1.1 million) also agreed to contracts for 2018 and were eligible for arbitration. 
Earlier in the week, the Angels reached agreements with Gold Glove catcher ($3.9 million), pitcher ($1.8 million), first baseman C.J. Cron ($2.3 million), pitcher ($1.875 million), pitcher ($1.45 million) and pitcher ($800,000).