49ers strike pricey deal with kicker Eddy Piñeiro to keep him off market

SANTA CLARA – Eddy Piñeiro’s encore as the 49ers’ kicker is coming with a reported $10 million guaranteed.

Piñeiro has agreed to a four-year, $17 million deal, a league source confirmed. That deal keeps him off the free agent market, which is where the 49ers found him in Week 2 last season.

The 49ers have 19 players slated for unrestricted free agency entering Monday’s 9 a.m. start of contract talks with others.

Piñeiro, 30, stabilized the 49ers’ kicking game after inconsistency from 2023 third-round pick Jake Moody...