Again, the Padres will avoid an arbitration hearing.

The Padres on Thursday agreed to contracts with six players ahead of the deadline to exchange arbitration figures. The Padres have not gone to arbitration during the A.J. Preller era.

Relievers Mason Miller, Adrián Morejón and Jason Adam all agreed to one-year deals for 2026, as did starter JP Sears, outfielder Gavin Sheets and catcher Freddy Fermin.

The terms were not immediately available for all six players eligible for salary arbitration.

Morejón’s $3.9 million salary for 2026, according to MLB.com, is nearly double the $2 million he made last year as a first-time All-Star. He will become a free agent after the season.

Meantime, Sheets’ $4.5 million salary, according to The Athletic, arrives after hitting a career-high 19 home runs after signing as a minor league free agent. Sheets is two years away from free agency.

Both salaries were near projections provided by MLBTradeRumors.com at the outset of the offseason. Adam was projected to earn $6.8 million in his walk year, Sears was projected to make $3.5 million, Miller was projected to earn $3.4 million and Fermin was projected to make $1.8 million. Sears, Miller and Fermin were all arbitration-eligible for the first time.

Catcher Luis Campusano was also eligible for arbitration for the first time, but he agreed to a $900,000 deal for 2026 in November.

Per the collective bargaining agreement, salary arbitration is offered to players who’ve accumulated at least three years of service time, although the top-22% players with two years of service time — like Miller and Fermin — also qualify. Players reach free agency after six years in the majors.

The Padres last participated in an arbitration hearing was in 2014 with pitcher Andrew Cashner. They nearly went to a hearing last year with pitcher Michael King, but the two sides agreed to a one-year deal weeks after failing to make a deal ahead of the annual January deadline.

King reached free agency this season but returned on a three-year, $75 million deal with opt-outs after each of the first two seasons, the Padres’ biggest move so far this offseason.

The team also signed Korean utility infielder to a four-year, $15 million deal last month.

This story will be updated.