How much is Jacob deGrom Contract in 2025?

Last Modified Mar 24, 2025 14:09 GMT
How much is Jacob deGrom Contract in 2025?
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Jacob Anthony deGrom of DeLand, Florida, United States has been representing the Texas Rangers in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the third year as of the 2025 season. Better known as Jacob deGrom, he has been a 12-year veteran of the league and has spent the first 10 years of his career from his debut in 2014 to 2022 with the New York Mets. He has been with his present team, the Texas Rangers since the 2023 season.

Jacob DeGrom is notable for leading the National League (NL) in strikeouts with 255 strikeouts in 32 games in the 2019 season and 104 strikeouts in 12 games in 2020. He has also participated in four MLB All-Star games and has earned four NL All-Star awards in his career as of March 2025. He also won the NL Cy Young Award twice in his career as of March 2025.

Jacob deGrom Contract Breakdown 2025

Jacob deGrom signed a five-year contract worth $185 million with the Texas Rangers on December 2, 2022, as per Spotrac. The table below shows the breakdown of his contract as of March 2025.

YearBase SalarySigning BonusCap HitDead CapYearly Cash
2023$30,000,000-$30,000,000-$30,000,000
2024$40,000,000-$40,000,000-$40,000,000
2025 $40,000,000- $40,000,000-$40,000,000
2026$38,000,000-$38,000,000-$38,000,000
2027$37,000,000-$37,000,000-$37,000,000
2028 (Club)

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How much is Jacob deGrom getting paid in 2025?

Jacob deGrom will be earning $40,000,000 from the 2025 MLB season, as per Spotrac. He signed a five-year $185,000,000 contract with the Texas Rangers on December 2, 2022. According to this contract, he will get the full $$185,000,000 from the team for five years while his average annual salary will be $37,000,000. He is in the third year of his present contract as of March 2025.

How much does Jacob deGrom make in a minute in 2025?

Jacob deGrom will be making $40,000,000 from the 2025 MLB season, as per Spotrac. There are 525,600 total minutes present in a year. If this is used to divide his 2025 salary, he will make $76.10 per minute in 2025.

Jacob deGrom Career Earnings

Jacob deGrom has gained $182,659,998 over his 13-year MLB career, as per Spotrac. This consists of his total base salary of $172,564,998 in addition to his total base salary of $10,095,000 as of March 2025.

Jacob deGrom will be getting $40,000,000 from the 2025 MLB season and also earned the same from the 2024 MLB season. He made $30,000,000 from the 2023 MLB season and $18,500,000 from the 2022 MLB season.

What are the terms of Jacob deGrom's Contract?

Jacob deGrom signed a five-year contract worth $185,000,000 with the Texas Rangers on December 2, 2022, as per Spotrac. As per this contract, the Texas Rangers have promised him the full $185,000,000 while settling up his average annual salary to $37,000,000. His contract also comes with a full no-trade clause. The Texas Rangers have also decided that 2029 will be the beginning of his unrestricted free agency. The following are some of the other terms of his contract as of March 2025 -

  • 2028 Club Option: $20M (contains no buyout)

    625 Innings Pitched or 1 Top 5 Cy Young: $30M

    725 Innings Pitched or 3 Top 5 Cy Youngs: $37M

  • 2028 Becomes a $37M Player Option if:

    160+ IP + Top 5 Cy Young + Healthy in 2027

  • Cy Young: $250,000

    2nd: $200,000

    3rd: $150,000

    4th: $100,000

    5th: $50,000

  • WS MVP: $150,000

  • $100,000 each for All-Star, Gold Glove, LCS MVP

How much of Jacob deGrom's Contract is guaranteed?

Jacob deGrom's five-year $185,000,000 contract that he signed with the Texas Rangers on December 2, 2022, promises the full amount throughout his five-year tenure with the team besides his annual average salary of $37,000,000, as per Spotrac.

Jacob deGrom Contract History

These are all the contracts that Jacob deGrom has signed as of March 2025 -

2010: Jacob deGrom signed his first contract with the New York Mets for a signing bonus of $95,000 on June 14, 2010.

2014: Jacob deGrom signed a one-year $500,000 contract with the New York Mets on March 3, 2014.

2015: Jacob deGrom next signed a one-year $556,875 contract with the New York Mets on March 5, 2015.

2016: Jacob deGrom next signed a one-year contract worth $607,700 with the New York Mets on March 4, 2016.

2017: Jacob deGrom avoided arbitration and signed a one-year contract worth $4,050,000 with the Texas Rangers on January 13, 2017.

2018: Jacob deGrom signed a one-year $7,400,000 contract with the New York Mets by avoiding arbitration on January 12, 2018.

2019: Jacob deGrom avoided arbitration and signed a one-year contract worth $17,000,000 with the New York Mets on January 11, 2019. Then, he also went on to sign a five-year contract extension worth $137,500,000 alongside a club option for 2024 with the team on March 26, 2019.

2022: Jacob deGrom declined to sign a two-year player option worth $62,500,000 for 2023 and 2024 with the New York Mets on November 7, 2022. The team then extended him a qualifying offer worth $19,650,000 for one year on November 10, 2022. He then signed a five-year contract with the Texas Rangers for $185,000,000 on December 2, 2022.

FAQs on Jacob deGrom Contract

A. Jacob deGrom still has two years left on his contract with a club option for 2028.

A. Jacob deGrom agreed to a five-year, $185 million contract with the Texas Rangers on December 2, 2022.

A. Jacob deGrom has been playing in the MLB for twelve years as of the 2025 season.


A. Jacob deGrom spent nine years of his MLB career with New York, from 2014 to 2022.


A. Jacob’s last contract with the New York Mets was of a five-year tenure worth $137.5 million; it included a club option for 2024.


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