Seattle Mariners Settle on 2025 Salary With Team Ace Logan Gilbert
The Seattle Mariners had until 10 a.m. PT on Jan. 9 to to either settle on deals or prepare to go to arbitration court on seven players.
And fortunate for the Mariners, they avoided a hearing involving the No. 1 guy on their league-best starting rotation staff.
According to a report from MLB Network insider and New York Post columnist Jon Heyman, Seattle and Logan Gilbert settled on a one-year, $7.625 million contract through 2025 to avoid an arbitration hearing. That was roughly $700,000 less than what he was expected to earn in Arbitration, according to Spotrac.
Gilbert reached several career-firsts in 2024 and took over role as the Mariners' ace, at least in perception.
Gilbert was selected to the All-Star Game for the first time in his four-year career. He also reached the 200-200 club (200 strikeouts, 200 innings pitched) for the first time since he was called up in 2021.
He finished 2024 with a 3.23 ERA and struck out 220 batters across 208.2 innings pitched and 33 starts. He held opposing hitters to a .196 batting average.
Logan Gilbert, 97mph Fastball and 85mph Splitter, Overlay. pic.twitter.com/09uQMs3vDC
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) September 15, 2024
Gilbert tied for fourth in the majors with 22 quality starts and finished sixth in American League Cy Young voting with 25 points received on the final ballot.
According to advanced statistics on Baseball Savant, Gilbert ranks in the 96th percentile in the league in pitching run value. His fastball run value ranked in the 68th percentile, breaking run value ranked in the 99th percentile and his offspeed run value ranked in the 82nd percentile.
Luis Castillo had the No. 1 spot in the starting rotation for most of the year. But Gilbert's consistency and team-leading innings pitched and games started has changed the perception of the hierarchy Seattle's starting rotation.
Gilbert has the sixth-best odds at winning the AL Cy Young in 2025 at +1,600 according to BettingPros.
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