{"id":540302,"date":"2026-01-27T08:39:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T08:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/540302\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T08:39:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T08:39:14","slug":"all-star-pitcher-joe-ryan-and-twins-agree-to-6-2-million-deal-avoid-salary-arbitration-mlb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/540302\/","title":{"rendered":"All-Star pitcher Joe Ryan and Twins agree to $6.2 million deal, avoid salary arbitration | MLB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 All-Star pitcher Joe Ryan and the Minnesota Twins avoided salary arbitration Monday, agreeing to a one-year contract that guarantees $6.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan gets $6.1 million this year \u2014 the midpoint of the $6.35 million he asked for and the $5.85 million the Twins offered when the sides exchanged proposed salaries on Jan. 8. The deal includes a $13 million mutual option for 2027 with a $100,000 buyout.<\/p>\n<p>A 29-year-old right-hander, Ryan was 13-10 with a career-best 3.42 ERA in 30 starts and one relief appearance last year, when he had a $3 million salary. He is on track to become eligible for free agency after the 2027 World Series.<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen players remain scheduled for hearings before three-person panels, which run through Feb. 13 in Scottsdale, Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>In the most prominent case, two-time AL Cy Young Award winner <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/arbitration-skubal-arozarena-de724c6f721aa991d09a88b2d3f1b030\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tarik Skubal asked for a record $32 million<\/a>, while the Detroit Tigers offered the left-hander $19 million.<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/mlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/mlb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n                Success! An email has been sent to  with a link to confirm list signup.\n            <\/p>\n<p>\n                Error! There was an error processing your request.\n            <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 All-Star pitcher Joe Ryan and the Minnesota Twins avoided salary arbitration Monday, agreeing to a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2388],"tags":[5,71459,822,60,3190,4,256,8080,185,148],"class_list":{"0":"post-540302","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-twins","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-joe-ryan-twins-contract","10":"tag-minnesota","11":"tag-minnesota-twins","12":"tag-minnesotatwins","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-mlb-baseball","15":"tag-mlb-world-series","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-twins"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115966165888828433","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540302","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=540302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}