Nico Hoerner\u2019s $141 million, six-year contract with the Chicago Cubs includes $10 million in deferred money payable from 2040-47.<\/p>\n
Hoerner has a $12 million salary in 2026, the final season of a $35 million, three-year contract<\/a> agreed to in March 2023.<\/p>\n His new deal, announced Sunday<\/a>, includes a $5 million signing bonus payable in equal installments on June 1 this year and in 2027, according to contract details obtained by The Associated Press.<\/p>\n Hoerner gets salaries of $23 million each in 2027 and \u201928, and $22.5 million annually from 2029-32. Chicago will defer $2.5 million a year from 2029-32, payable in $1.25 million installments each Dec. 31 from 2040-47.<\/p>\n He also gets a full no-trade provision and a hotel suite on road trips.<\/p>\n A 28-year-old second baseman, Hoerner would have been eligible for free agency after this year\u2019s World Series. He has a .282 average with 36 homers, 280 RBIs and 134 stolen bases in eight seasons with the Cubs.<\/p>\n Hoerner\u2019s long-term deal was announced three days after All-Star center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong finalized a $115 million, six-year contract.<\/a><\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n