"The Brewers and star catcher William Contreras avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year deal with a club option for the 2027 season, per a team announcement. The Octagon client will earn $9.4MM in 2026, and the 2027 option is valued at $14.5MM, per Jon Heyman of the New York Post. Contreras' camp had filed for a $9.9MM salary. The team filed at $8.5MM."
"Contreras wasn't eligible for free agency until the 2027-28 offseason, so the option doesn't give the Brewers any additional club control. It does provide some potential cost certainty, however, while ensuring that this deal to avoid arbitration can't be used as a data point in future arbitration cases; one-year arrangements with option years are considered multi-year deals for arbitration purposes and thus aren't eligible to be cited as comps (by the Brewers or other clubs)."
The Brewers and William Contreras avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year contract with a club option for the 2027 season. Contreras will earn $9.4MM in 2026 and the 2027 option is valued at $14.5MM. Contreras' camp filed for $9.9MM while the team filed $8.5MM. Contreras remains under club control until the 2027–28 offseason, so the option does not extend team control. The one-year-plus-option structure provides some cost certainty and prevents the agreement from being used as arbitration precedent because such arrangements are treated as multi-year deals for arbitration purposes.
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