Overview
- The contract avoids arbitration and covers the 2026 and 2027 seasons.
- Pasquantino is guaranteed $4.2 million in 2026 and $6.9 million in 2027, with incentives that could push the total near $16 million.
- Incentives include $200,000 bonuses for reaching 450, 500, and 550 plate appearances in 2027 and 2027 salary escalators tied to 2026 awards and All-MLB honors, capped at a $4.6 million increase.
- The deal buys out the first two of his three arbitration years, leaving him arbitration-eligible in 2028 before free agency.
- Pasquantino acknowledged the publicly reported figures with a one-word "Nice" post on X as league arbitration hearings dropped to no more than 14, with Kansas City still potentially headed to a hearing with Kris Bubic.