Ryan McMahon, Rockies agree to $70M, 6-year contract

By: The Associated Press Posted: 2:49 PM CDT Monday, Mar. 21, 2022

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Infielder Ryan McMahon and the Colorado Rockies agreed Monday to a $70 million, six-year contract that avoided salary arbitration.

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Infielder Ryan McMahon and the Colorado Rockies agreed Monday to a $70 million, six-year contract that avoided salary arbitration.

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Infielder Ryan McMahon and the Colorado Rockies agreed Monday to a $70 million, six-year contract that avoided salary arbitration.

McMahon gets $5 million this season, $9 million in 2023, $12 million in each of the following two seasons and $16 million in each of the last two years.

He can opt out of the contract following the 2025 season and become a free agent if he finishes among the top five in MVP voting in any year from 2022-24. He can opt out after the 2026 season if he finishes among the top five in MVP voting in 2025.

Colorado Rockies' Alan Trejo, left, Jose Iglesias (11) and Ryan McMahon, right, run on the field prior to a spring training baseball game agasint the Chicago White Sox Sunday, March 20, 2022, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

The 27-year-old had been eligible for arbitration ahead of this season and next, and could have become a free agent after the 2023 season.

McMahon set career bests last year with a .254 average and 86 RBIs, and he had 23 homers, one shy of his high. He has a .243 career average with 61 homers and 215 RBIs.

He is primarily a third baseman and second baseman but also plays first and occasionally shortstop.

Six Rockies remain eligible for arbitration: right-handers Carlos Estévez, Peter Lambert and Robert Stephenson, left-hander Kyle Freeland, second baseman Garrett Hampson and outfielder Raimel Tapia.