Michael King (San Diego Padres), a right-hander who won 13 MLB regular season games last year, has not finished salary negotiations.

MLB.com , the official website of the Major League, reported on the 10th (Korea Standard Time) that San Diego players signed salary contracts.안전놀이터

San Diego signed Luis Arraez, who won the batting champion last year, for an annual salary of $14 million (about 20.5 billion won), and signed Dylan Sheese for an annual salary of $13.75 million (about 20.2 billion won). Jason Adam (annual salary of $4.8 million), Luis Campusano (annual salary of $1 million), and Adrian Morehorn (annual salary of $2 million) also finalized their contracts.

However, King failed to sign a contract with the San Diego Padres until Thursday, the deadline for the annual salary negotiations. King, who received 3.15 million U.S. dollars in annual salary last year, is demanding 8.8 million dollars in annual salary for the 2025 season, while the club has offered 7.325 million dollars.

King, a 12-round pick by the Miami Marlins in the 2016 MLB Rookie Draft, has built his big league career with the New York Yankees and San Diego, with a career-high 146 games (49 starts) with 26-27 saves and seven saves with a 3.20 ERA in 421 ⅓ innings.

King, who played for the Yankees through the 2023 season, was traded to San Diego in December of that year. Juan Soto and Trent Grisham traded to the Yankees, while King, Kyle Higashioka, Drew Thorpe, Jani Britto and Randy Vazquez wore San Diego jerseys.

Taking charge of San Diego's starting lineup in the first year of his transfer, King played in the regular season 31 games (30 starts) and 173 ⅔ innings with 13 wins, 9 losses and an earned run average of 2.95. Notably, he garnered 201 strikeouts, ranking fifth in the strikeout category in the National League after Chris Sale (225), Dylan Shees, Jack Wheeler (224), and Sonny Gray (203).

MLB.com pointed out, "King, who transferred to San Diego through a trade in December 2023, played his first full-time season as a big league starter, and achieved a career high by playing 173 ⅔ in 31 games, and proved that the trade is mutually beneficial to the Yankees and Padres by showing 13 wins, 9 losses and a 2.95 ERA."

San Diego also cannot be unaware of King's contribution, but it failed to find a point of contact with the player during the salary negotiations. MLB.com explained, "The salary adjustment committee is scheduled with the two sides confirming each other's proposal, but it is still possible for the two sides to agree on a contract before the salary adjustment committee is held."