{"id":632544,"date":"2026-03-19T23:17:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T23:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/632544\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T23:17:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T23:17:22","slug":"12-mlb-stars-who-are-prime-extension-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/632544\/","title":{"rendered":"12 MLB stars who are prime extension candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PORT St. LUCIE \u2014 Opening Day starter Freddy Peralta and the Mets have <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/03\/sports\/how-mets-freddy-peralta-could-land-on-contract-extension\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">talked enough about a long-term deal<\/a> to understand the chances to get an extension done before the season are \u201chighly unlikely,\u201d according to people familiar with the discussions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The big issue <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/06\/sports\/freddy-peralta-is-the-ideal-mets-fit-for-2026-but-the-future-is-more-murky\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is contract length<\/a>. Peralta told The Post he seeks \u201cseven or eight years.\u201d The Mets, who generally oppose deals of that length, especially for pitchers, are believed more comfortable with something in the range of four years, or perhaps five.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Left-hander Jes\u00fas Luzardo and the Phillies <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/09\/sports\/phillies-lock-up-jesus-luzardo-with-135-million-extension\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">just hooked up on a $135 million, five-year deal<\/a>, which could provide a guidepost for the Mets and Peralta \u2014 though Peralta is the more accomplished, consistent pitcher.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This couple-week window before the start of the season is often when deals get done, sometimes for stars heading into their walk year like Peralta and Luzardo, but perhaps even more typically for young phenoms starting their careers.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT St. LUCIE \u2014 Opening Day starter Freddy Peralta and the Mets have talked enough about a long-term&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632545,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,753,4,2046,61,185,430,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-632544","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-freddy-peralta","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-mlb-free-agency","12":"tag-new-york-mets","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-sports-columnists","15":"tag-sports-plus"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116258400040539378","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632544","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=632544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}