{"id":553036,"date":"2026-02-03T22:10:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/553036\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T22:10:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:10:19","slug":"all-star-isaac-paredes-astros-agree-to-9-35m-1-yr-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/553036\/","title":{"rendered":"All-Star Isaac Paredes, Astros agree to $9.35M, 1-yr. deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON &#8212; All-Star infielder <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/39706\/isaac-paredes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Isaac Paredes<\/a> and the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/hou\/houston-astros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Houston Astros<\/a> avoided a salary arbitration hearing, agreeing Tuesday to a $9.35 million, one-year contract.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The agreement was at the midpoint of the $9.95 million Paredes requested and the $8.75 million the team offered when the sides exchanged proposed figures on Jan. 8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The deal includes a $13.35 million team option for 2027 that would convert to a mutual option if Paredes finishes among the top 10 in MVP voting this year. Paredes can earn a $50,000 bonus in each year for making the All-Star team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Paredes, who turns 27 on Feb. 18, hit a career-high .258 with 20 homers and 53 RBIs in 102 games, earning his second All-Star selection. He was sidelined between July 19 and Sept. 19 by a strained right hamstring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A six-year major league veteran, Paredes has a .237 average with 92 homers and 287 RBIs for Detroit (2020-21), Tampa Bay (2022-24), the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/chc\/chicago-cubs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chicago Cubs<\/a> (2024) and Houston, which acquired him in the December 2024 trade that sent outfielder <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/34967\/kyle-tucker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kyle Tucker<\/a> to the Cubs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Paredes is eligible for arbitration next winter and for free agency after the 2027 World Series.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 ESPN Internet Ventures. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8212; All-Star infielder Isaac Paredes and the Houston Astros avoided a salary arbitration hearing, agreeing Tuesday to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2399],"tags":[72806,5,138,24,4245,161,649,54,57,4,169,34714,41468],"class_list":["post-553036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago-cubs","tag-72806","tag-baseball","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-chicagocubs","tag-cubs","tag-espn","tag-houston-astros","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-mlb","tag-news","tag-paredes-isaac","tag-tucker-kyle"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116008991761633807","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553036","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=553036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}