PITTSBURGH — No quibbling over Gerrit Cole’s salary this season. The quibbling over closer Tony Watson’s salary is heading to a arbitration panel.

The Pittsburgh Pirates and their young ace reached agreement Friday on a one-year deal that will pay Cole $3.75 million in 2017. That’s a significant bump over the $541,000 Cole made in 2016, when the team offered him just $10,000 raise, a gesture that initially irritated Cole, after the former No. 1 pick won 19 games and made the All-Star team.

Eligible for arbitration this time, Cole and the Pirates found common ground instead. The 26-year-old is coming off a bumpy 2016 in which he went 7-10 with a 3.88 ERA and spent a significant portion of the season on the disabled list. Pittsburgh will ask Cole to anchor a revamped rotation that includes recently re-signed Ivan Nova and second-year starter Jameson Taillon.

Watson and the Pirates failed to come to terms before Friday’s deadline, and will each appear before three arbitrators next month if no agreement is reached.

The Pirates reached agreements with their four other arbitration-eligible players — shortstop Jordy Mercer and pitchers Juan Nicasio, Drew Hutchison and Jared Hughes — to deals before the arbitration deadline. Hutchison and Hughes came to terms on Thursday, while Mercer and Nicasio struck deals on Friday.