Jacoby Ellsbury and the Yankees reportedly, and quietly, settled their contract dispute that was raised in 2019.
According to Jon Heyman and the New York Post, the two sides reached a settlement on what the Yanks would pay the oft-injured outfielder, avoiding a hearing in the process. Per the report, the settlement came at least a year ago.
The Yankees filed a grievance hoping to get back some money in the team’s massive seven-year, $153 million contract they offered to Ellsbury prior to the 2014 season. In the grievance, the Yankees claimed Ellsbury used an outside facility to rehab injuries without the team’s permission.
Ellsbury’s contract came off the books after the 2020 season, when he was making $21 million in that final season, despite having not played for the Yanks since 2017, when he hit .264 with seven home runs in 112 games. He led the league with 52 stolen bases with hit .298 in 2013 with the Red Sox, but wound up playing in just 520 games for the Bombers, batting .264 in that span.
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