{"id":648247,"date":"2026-03-28T07:24:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T07:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/648247\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T07:24:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T07:24:37","slug":"cubs-nico-hoerner-reportedly-agree-on-6-year-141-million-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/648247\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs, Nico Hoerner reportedly agree on 6-year, $141 million contract extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

Infielder Nico Hoerner and the Chicago Cubs have reportedly agreed to a six-year, $141 million contract extension, according to ESPN\u2019s Jeff Passan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Cubs have not announced the signing. Some of the money is deferred, per Jon Heyman of the New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Hoerner, 28, was set to become a free agent after this season, finishing a three-year, $35 million extension<\/a> he signed before the 2023 MLB campaign. Instead, he lands the fourth-largest contract ever for a second baseman by total money, behind Robinson Cano ($240 million), Marcus Semien ($175 million) and Jose Altuve ($151 million).<\/p>\n

Hoerner has been remarkably consistent throughout his seven-year career. Last season, he slashed .297\/.345\/.394 with 29 doubles, 7 home runs, 61 RBI and 29 stolen bases in 649 plate appearances. At second base, Hoerner was credited with 17 Defensive Runs Saved and 14 Outs Above Average. Both of those marks were the highest of his career, during which he has earned two Gold Glove Awards.<\/p>\n

In his seven seasons with the Cubs, Hoerner has recorded a .282\/.340\/.384 slash line, with 128 doubles, 36 homers, 278 RBI and 131 stolen bases. He has played 150 or more games in each of the past three seasons.<\/p>\n

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Hoerner\u2019s reported extension follows Pete Crow-Armstrong reportedly agreeing to a six-year, $115 million deal<\/a> earlier this week. That takes care of the Cubs\u2019 up-the-middle players, with Dansby Swanson inked through 2029 on the seven-year, $177 million free-agent deal<\/a> he signed in December 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Infielder Nico Hoerner and the Chicago Cubs have reportedly agreed to a six-year, $141 million contract extension, according…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2399],"tags":[5,138,24,4245,10454,161,733,5924,8611,817,386,4,33,35,29781],"class_list":["post-648247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago-cubs","tag-baseball","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-chicagocubs","tag-contract-extension","tag-cubs","tag-dansby-swanson","tag-jeff-passan","tag-jon-heyman","tag-jose-altuve","tag-marcus-semien","tag-mlb","tag-nico-hoerner","tag-pete-crow-armstrong","tag-robinson-cano"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116305609686253663","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648247","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=648247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}