{"id":562127,"date":"2026-02-09T08:44:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T08:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/562127\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T08:44:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T08:44:42","slug":"all-star-infielder-isaac-paredes-and-houston-astros-agree-to-9-35-million-1-year-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/562127\/","title":{"rendered":"All-Star infielder Isaac Paredes and Houston Astros agree to $9.35 million, 1-year contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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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

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AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/mlb<\/a><\/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":562128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2389],"tags":[42,5,24,147,139,54,3211,893,29,4,52584,34045],"class_list":{"0":"post-562127","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-astros","8":"tag-astros","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-chicago-cubs","11":"tag-detroit","12":"tag-houston","13":"tag-houston-astros","14":"tag-houstonastros","15":"tag-isaac-paredes","16":"tag-kyle-tucker","17":"tag-mlb","18":"tag-salary-arbitration","19":"tag-team-option"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116039795571708451","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562127","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=562127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}