Michael King and the Padres have settled to avoid arbitration, per source. King will be guaranteed $7.75 million ($3M signing bonus, $1M salary, $3.75M buyout on a $15M mutual option for 2026). The buyout can become $4M based on number of games started. @sdutKevinAcee was on it.

Good news came for San Diego Padres fans Thursday when the team announced starting pitcher Michael King signed a one-year contract, avoiding arbitration. King's

The Padres and starting pitcher Michael King agreed to terms on a one-year contract Friday in a deal that had something both sides wanted. King got what he felt was fair. The Padres were able to delay paying him about half the money he will be due in 2025.

Pitcher Michael King and the San Diego Padres avoided an arbitration hearing when they agreed Friday to a one-year deal guaranteeing $7.75 million. King gets a $3 million signing bonus and a $1 million salary this year.

The San Diego Padres are in quite the predicament this offseason. With the ongoing ownership feud 'hanging over', an eerily quiet offseason, and watching name a

Michael King shoved for the Padres in 2024, and now he's getting a unique contract with them for 2025 and possibly '26.

Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports that part of the reason things are moving slowly is that there are still lots of ongoing trade talks, with Dylan Cease and Michael King of the Padres “among the starting pitchers who remain in play.

At some point soon, maybe even this week, the San Diego Padres GM A.J. Preller will join the offseason and make a move to improve his team. Maybe? Probably? Preller has a history of late offseason moves,

The Padres signed right-hander Michael King to a one-year deal with a 2026 mutual option, avoiding arbitration. Read more at MLB Trade Rumors.

Because of the departures of Max Fried and Charlie Morton, the Braves are facing the specter of putting two starters in their rotation that spent the majority of last year in Trip