HOUSTON (AP) \u2014 All-Star infielder Isaac Paredes and the Houston Astros avoided a salary arbitration hearing, agreeing Tuesday to a $9.35 million, one-year contract.<\/p>\n
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
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
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
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 Chicago Cubs (2024) and Houston, which acquired him in the December 2024 trade that sent outfielder Kyle Tucker to the Cubs.<\/p>\n
Paredes is eligible for arbitration next winter and for free agency after the 2027 World Series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON (AP) \u2014 All-Star infielder Isaac Paredes and the Houston Astros avoided a salary arbitration hearing, agreeing Tuesday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":554428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2393],"tags":[563,556,1769,1159,5,4313,139,4,169,149,4312,185,1567,69,3240],"class_list":["post-554427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas-rangers","tag-app-professional-sports","tag-app-sports","tag-associated-press","tag-austin","tag-baseball","tag-dallas","tag-houston","tag-mlb","tag-news","tag-rangers","tag-san-antonio","tag-sports","tag-texas","tag-texas-rangers","tag-texasrangers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116013249544327847","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554427","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=554427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}