{"id":456451,"date":"2026-02-03T21:19:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T21:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/456451\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T21:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T21:19:07","slug":"all-star-isaac-paredes-astros-agree-to-9-35m-1-yr-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/456451\/","title":{"rendered":"All-Star Isaac Paredes, Astros agree to $9.35M, 1-yr. deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON &#8212; All-Star infielder <a data-player-guid=\"519a39a3-6af2-5f0a-91b9-06a5424ed036\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/39706\/isaac-paredes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Isaac Paredes<\/a> and the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"00a3015f-09ec-1b03-52af-656f5e0a18d5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/hou\/houston-astros\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Astros<\/a> avoided a salary arbitration hearing, agreeing Tuesday to a $9.35 million, one-year contract.<\/p>\n<p>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>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>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>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 data-clubhouse-guid=\"5cda5067-7075-66b1-4b94-2333ab8d9807\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/chc\/chicago-cubs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Cubs<\/a> (2024) and Houston, which acquired him in the December 2024 trade that sent outfielder <a data-player-guid=\"b963b85d-6db2-f0e5-b763-88d4a41c0d73\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/34967\/kyle-tucker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Tucker<\/a> to the Cubs.<\/p>\n<p>Paredes is eligible for arbitration next winter and for free agency after the 2027 World Series.<\/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":456452,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-456451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}