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.