{"id":75285,"date":"2025-12-19T08:29:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T08:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/75285\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T08:29:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T08:29:12","slug":"michael-king-agrees-to-three-year-75-million-padres-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/75285\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael King agrees to three-year, $75 million Padres contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Right-hander Michael King is staying in San Diego after agreeing to a new contract with the Padres on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>King, 30, will remain on the West Coast on a three-year deal worth $75 million, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JonHeyman\/status\/2001865081932648614\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Post\u2019s Jon Heyman confirmed<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The deal includes a $12 million signing bonus and player options in 2027 and 2028, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Feinsand\/status\/2001864391642214627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MLB.com\u2019s Mark Feinsand reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>King will be paid $5 million in 2026 and have a player option worth $28 million for 2027 and a $30 million option for 2028.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37969599\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP_Padres_Cubs_Baseball_84998-a7e0e-0.jpg\" alt=\"San Diego Padres' Michael King throws during the fourth inning of Game 3 of a National League wild card baseball game against the Chicago Cubs Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, in Chicago. \" class=\"wp-image-37969599\"  \/>San Diego Padres\u2019 Michael King throws during the fourth inning of Game 3 of a National League wild card baseball game against the Chicago Cubs Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, in Chicago.  AP<\/p>\n<p>The 2027 option comes with a $5 million buyout.<\/p>\n<p>Feinsand added that King also got a $12 million signing bonus.<\/p>\n<p>In 2026, King will play his third season in San Diego after being traded by the Yankees during the winter of 2023 as part of the deal that briefly brought Juan Soto to The Bronx.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He had a strong 2024 season, striking out a career-best 201 batters with a 2.95 ERA after converting to a full-time starting role.<\/p>\n<p>King was limited to 15 starts in 2025 due to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/14\/sports\/michael-king-heads-back-to-injured-list-after-one-start-in-padres-crusher\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">two separate stints on the injured list<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He finished the year with a 3.44 ERA, a 5-3 record and 76 strikeouts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, it was reported that the Yankees <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/15\/sports\/yankees-open-to-a-michael-king-reunion-that-could-serve-multiple-purposes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">were open <\/a>to a reunion with King.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yankees manager Aaron Boone spoke highly of King during the Winter Meetings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStud, not surprising [what he did with the Padres],\u201d Boone told reporters. \u201cThe thing about Kinger is he\u2019s got obviously great stuff and a great arsenal. He\u2019s really smart and has a real good understanding of that stuff. It\u2019s allowed him to evolve as a pitcher, coupled with his confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a powerful thing when you got stuff, the ability to learn and understand what you\u2019re doing, and then the confidence to go do it. So I\u2019m not surprised he went to that level. Obviously had some injuries this past year that slowed him a little bit, but he\u2019s really good when he\u2019s out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Red Sox and Orioles were also said to be interested in King, as were the Mets, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/08\/sports\/mets-have-video-meeting-with-michael-king-as-market-for-ex-yankee-takes-shape\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who held a video meeting with him this month<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Right-hander Michael King is staying in San Diego after agreeing to a new contract with the Padres on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[29909,20,3473,9,11,10,321,29911,319],"class_list":["post-75285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-michael-king","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-free-agency","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-san-diego-padres","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}