{"id":2169391,"date":"2025-11-20T23:10:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2169391"},"modified":"2025-11-20T23:10:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:10:49","slug":"royals-sign-810000-pitching-old-friend-to-new-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-sign-810000-pitching-old-friend-to-new-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals sign $810,000 pitching old friend to new contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Kansas City Royals<\/a> are bringing back a bargain arm for next season.<\/p>\n

James McArthur, a familiar face for K.C., avoided salary arbitration on Thursday.<\/p>\n

According to MLB.com’s Anne Rogers<\/a>, McArthur signed a contract for $810,000 rather than go through the arbitration process.<\/p>\n

McArthur missed the entire 2025 season with an injury to his throwing elbow.<\/p>\n

He’s 29 now and a couple seasons removed from his MLB debut.<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a0<\/b>Kyle Tucker trade isn’t aging well for Cubs<\/a><\/p>\n

McArthur first arrived in the majors in 2023 with a 4.63 ERA.<\/p>\n

In 2024, he had a chance to be the Royals’ closer but didn’t pitch great. He threw 56.2 innings but only had a 4.92 ERA.<\/p>\n

He initially went on the IL with an elbow sprain in September 2024.<\/p>\n

In the offseason after that campaign, he had surgery on a fractured olecranon in his throwing elbow that required two screws.<\/p>\n

By July, McArthur hadn’t responded to the screws and had them removed.<\/p>\n

It ended up being a lost year, but the Royals will have club control of McArthur through 2028, so they’ve got time to work him back to health and get a solid usefulness out of the talented right-handed relief pitcher.<\/p>\n

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