On Friday, the Padres and right-hander Michael King avoided an arbitration hearing with a creative deal that guarantees King $7.75M. The deal splits that guarantee between a signing bonus and the ...

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. The deal includes a $3 million signing bonus and a $1 million salary for 2025 ...

"San Diego Padres general manager A.J. Preller, who has entertained conversations on Dylan Cease and Michael King, prefers to keep his team together, sources say," Rosenthal writes. Though Cease ...