{"id":2227846,"date":"2026-01-09T02:54:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T02:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2227846"},"modified":"2026-01-09T02:54:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T02:54:41","slug":"royals-come-to-terms-with-arbitration-eligible-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-come-to-terms-with-arbitration-eligible-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals come to terms with arbitration-eligible players"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thursday is the deadline for teams to reach an agreement with arbitration-eligible players before a hearing is scheduled. The Royals have eight unsigned players eligible for arbitration:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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If a club and player cannot come to terms, they will file for an arbitration hearing where each side will submit a figure, and an arbiter will determine the winning side. The Royals have not had an arbitration hearing since 2023, when they won their case over pitcher Brady Singer<\/a>. The \u201cformal\u201d deadline was at noon today, but several reports indicate teams have until 7 p.m. CT to come to terms with players.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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According to MLB.com reporter Anne Rogers<\/a>, Michael Massey and Daniel Lynch IV have come to terms. Massey signs a $1.57 million deal, and Lynch signs a $1.025 million deal. Both were in their first year of arbitration, and Massey was projected by MLB Trade Rumors to make $2 million, while Lynch was projected to make $1.3 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Robert Murray at Fansided<\/a> reports Kyle Isbel signed for $2.7 million in his second year of arbitration, exactly what he was projected to make. Bailey Falter, acquired last year from the Pirates, will make $3.6 million in his first year of arbitration, after being projected to make $3.3 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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MLB.com reporter Mark Feinsand<\/a> reports that relievers Nick Mears and John Schreiber have both come to terms, although no figures have been reported yet. Mears was projected to make $1.6 million in his second year of arbitration after being acquired this offseason from the Brewers. Schreiber was projected to make $3.8 million in his third year of arbitration, after making $2.3 million last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Update at 3:51 p.m. CT:<\/strong> Anne Rogers reports<\/a> Mears settled for $1.9 million and Schreiber settled for $3.715 million. She also reports that Bubic and Pasquantino are likely headed to a hearing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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More to come as this story develops.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.royalsreview.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thursday is the deadline for teams to reach an agreement with arbitration-eligible players before a hearing is scheduled. The Royals have eight unsigned players eligible for arbitration: If a club and player cannot come to terms, they will file for an arbitration hearing where each side will submit a figure, and an arbiter will determine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2227847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[386045],"class_list":["post-2227846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-royals-trade-rumors-hot-stove"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Royals-come-to-terms-with-arbitration-eligible-players.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2227846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2227848,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227846\/revisions\/2227848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2227847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2227846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2227846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2227846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}