{"id":511728,"date":"2026-01-08T18:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/511728\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T18:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:48:10","slug":"mariners-randy-arozarena-avoid-arbitration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/511728\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariners, Randy Arozarena Avoid Arbitration"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mariners and slugging outfielder Randy Arozarena<\/a> are in agreement on a one-year, $15.65MM contract, reports<\/a> Francys Romero of BeisbolFR.com. He\u2019s entering his final season of arbitration control before becoming a free agent next winter.<\/p>\n

Acquired from the Rays at the 2024 trade deadline, Arozarena has been an impactful source of power in the heart of Seattle\u2019s lineup since that trade. He had a slow start to his Seattle tenure but in 2025 slashed .238\/.334\/.426 with a career-high 27 home runs and 31 steals (the second-highest mark of his career). By measure of wRC+, which weights for the pitcher-friendly confines in Seattle\u2019s T-Mobile Park, Arozarena has been 22% better than average at the plate since landing in the Emerald City.<\/p>\n

Heading into 2026, Arozarena will again play a key role near the top of manager Dan Wilson\u2019s lineup. He\u2019ll be joined by MVP runner-up Cal Raleigh<\/a>, Julio Rodriguez<\/a> and the recently re-signed Josh Naylor<\/a> atop what should be a quality Mariners lineup. The M\u2019s have been continuing their search for more bats, looking particularly hard at adding another infielder to the mix. They\u2019ve reportedly shown interest in trading for Cardinals infielder Brendan Donovan<\/a> and D-backs star Ketel Marte<\/a>, and they haven\u2019t yet closed the door on a reunion with slugger Eugenio Suarez<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Arozarena was the Mariners\u2019 most expensive arb case this winter. They\u2019ve also reportedly agreed to a deal with George Kirby<\/a> ($6.65MM) and have pending cases with Logan Gilbert<\/a>, Gabe Speier<\/a>, Luke Raley<\/a>, Matt Brash<\/a> and Bryce Miller<\/a>. Arozarena had been projected for a heartier $18.2MM salary by MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz<\/a>. He\u2019ll clock in about 14% lower than that mark, leaving the Mariners with more flexibility as they continue to look for additional help on the offensive side of things and in their bullpen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mariners and slugging outfielder Randy Arozarena are in agreement on a one-year, $15.65MM contract, reports Francys Romero…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,4,1456],"class_list":{"0":"post-511728","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-randy-arozarena"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115860976774897410","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}