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- Reports: Royals keeping RHP Seth Lugo with 2-year, $46M extension</p>
<p>Field Level MediaJuly 28, 2025 at 3:20 AM</p>
<p>Jul 18, 2025; Miami, Florida, USA; Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Seth Lugo (67) delivers a pitch against the Miami Marlins during the first inning at loanDepot Park. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images (Sam Navarro-Imagn Images)</p>
<p>Kansas City right-hander Seth Lugo, once thought to be a prime trade candidate before Thursday's deadline, will stay with the Royals after agreeing to a two-year, $46 million contract extension, according to multiple reports on Sunday night.</p>
<p>Lugo will earn $20 million annually plus a $3 million signing bonus, per the reports. The deal also includes a performance-based vesting option for a third season in 2028 for $20 million or a $17 million club option with a $3 million buyout, according to the reports.</p>
<p>The 35-year-old currently has a $15 million player option for 2026 following the two-year, $30 million contract he signed for 2024-25, but he was expected to decline it and become a free agent. Instead, both he and the club appear to want to keep him in Kansas City.</p>
<p>The Royals have not made an announcement as of Sunday night.</p>
<p>The team enters Monday with a 52-54 record for third place in the American League Central and four games behind Seattle and Texas (each 56-50), who are tied for the third AL wild-card berth. Kansas City already added to the roster by trading for veteran Arizona outfielder Randal Grichuk on Saturday in exchange for rookie reliever Andrew Hoffmann.</p>
<p>Lugo is 7-5 with a 2.95 ERA, 33 walks and 99 strikeouts in 113 innings over 19 starts this season.</p>
<p>He was a 2024 All-Star in his first campaign after signing as a free agent with the Royals and finished second in the American League Cy Young Award voting. Lugo went 16-9 with a 3.00 ERA, 48 walks and 181 strikeouts in 206 2/3 innings over a major league-high 33 starts.</p>
<p>His career record is 63-45 with 16 saves, a 3.33 ERA, 254 walks and 928 strikeouts in 960 2/3 innings over 353 games (116 starts) for the New York Mets (2016-22), San Diego Padres (2023) and Royals (2024-present).</p>
<p>The New York Mets selected Lugo in the 34th round of the 2011 MLB Draft out of Centenary College of Louisiana.</p>
<p>--Field Level Media</p>
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