Triston McKenzie

The Guardians and right-hander Triston McKenzie have agreed to a deal to avoid arbitration, reports Robert Murray of FanSided on X. The Octagon client will make a salary of $1.95MM in 2025. MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz projected McKenzie for a salary of $2.4MM next year, but he’ll actually come up shy of that number. That’s…

McKenzie had been projected by MLBTradeRumors.com to earn $2.4 million via arbitration, so it looks like the Guardians may have gotten a bit of a discount here after the right-hander's rough 2024 season. The 27-year-old hurler made just 16 starts at the big league level in 2024, registering an uninspiring 5.11 ERA, 1.56 WHIP and a 74/49 K/BB ratio across 75 2/3 innings. Perhaps he's able to cure what ails him over the winter and is able to return to the Guardians' rotation with a vengeance in 2025. At his current average draft position -- outside the top-500 players overall -- he makes for a nice late-round lottery ticket in deeper formats.

The Guardians and right-hander Triston McKenzie have avoided arbitration, reports Robert Murray of FanSided on X. The Octagon client will make $1.95MM in 2025. More to come.