Sadly;Whit Merrifield is ending his c and career due to…. More
Whit Merrifield, a free agent, allegedly anticipated signing a deal by the end of the weekend
The Kansas City Royals selected Merrifield in the ninth round of the 2010 MLB Draft, and he joined the team in 2016 and made his major level debut. He became an everyday player right away, leading the American League in hits in 2018 and 2019 as well as in stolen bases in 2017 and 2018. Merrifield led the league in at-bats each season and didn’t miss a single game between 2019 and 2021.
In January of 2019, Merrifield avoided arbitration with the Royals and agreed to a four-year, $16.25 million contract. Ahead of the 2022 season, one year before Merrifield was set to his free agency, he and the Royals restructured the contract to feature a $2.75 million base salary with $4 million in games-played escalators in 2023 and the aforementioned mutual option for 2024.