{"id":930337,"date":"2026-10-16T14:16:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T14:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/930337\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T14:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T14:16:15","slug":"predicting-the-10-biggest-contracts-handed-out-to-2026-27-mlb-free-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/930337\/","title":{"rendered":"Predicting the 10 Biggest Contracts Handed Out to 2026-27 MLB Free Agents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Age: 31<br \/>Stats: 32 GS, 12-10, 3.21 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 159 K, 185.0 IP<br \/>WAR: 4.3<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Michael King rejoined the Padres last offseason on a three-year, $75 million deal, despite injuries that limited him to just 73.1 innings in 2025. The back-loaded deal included opt-outs after 2026 and 2027. He would be leaving $58 million on the table if he exercises that opt-out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">After a fully healthy season, punctuated by a fantastic postseason (3 G, 2 GS, 1-0, 1 SV, 0.64 ERA, 15 K, 14.0 IP), opting out should be a no-brainer. He would immediately slot in ahead of Trevor Rogers and Freddy Peralta as the No. 2 pitcher on the market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Predicted Contract: 5 years, $120 million<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Robbie Ray signed a five-year, $115 million deal following his Cy Young season in 2021. His earning power was somewhat limited by an inconsistent track record. With only two full seasons as a starter under his belt and injury issues in 2025, King has a comparable free agency outlook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Age: 31Stats: 32 GS, 12-10, 3.21 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 159 K, 185.0 IPWAR: 4.3 Michael King rejoined the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":930338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-930337","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\/930337","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=930337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}