The San Diego Padres finally made it official with Sung-Mun Song… and then immediately dropped a contract structure that reads like it was written on a napkin during a red-eye to San Diego.
Here’s the cleanest way to understand it: Song’s deal is being reported (via Ronald Blum of the Associated Press) as a four-year, $15 million pact, but it’s only “four years” in the way that baseball contracts love to be “four years.”
Sung-Mun Song’s Padres deal looks simple until you read the fine print
The true guaranteed money is basically the first three seasons plus a signing bonus:
- 2026: $2.