The two pitchers have decided to reject the Padres' qualifying offer — a one-year, $22.025 million contract for 2026 — and ...

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The Padres need starting pitching. Badly. Both Dylan Cease and Michael King declined their qualifying offers ahead of Tuesday ...

The Padres are losing two of the most sought-after starting pitchers in this year’s free agent class. The team’s return will ...

For now, the Padres’ possible rotation includes Nick Pivetta, Joe Musgrove, Randy Vásquez, JP Sears, Kyle Hart and few other ...

Both pitchers are expected to decline the qualifying offer and head to the free-agent market after the Padres made a decision ...

Padres President of Baseball Operations and General Manager A.J. Preller has expressed no concerns about King’s health, but ...

Michael King has experienced real growth since coming over to San Diego from the New York Yankees. King, 30, won a career-high 13 games in 2024 while sporting a very solid 2.95 ERA. He was off to a ...

Michael King is headed into free agency after declining his mutual option in San Diego. Read more at MLB Trade Rumors.

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But according to a recent contract projection for ESPN's Kiley McDaniel, King and Cease received vastly different projections, nearly $100 million apart. McDaniel projects that Cease, coming off a ...

The Cubs could pursue the coveted free agent starters to bolster their rotation for 2026 if the team loses Shota Imanaga.