Another year, another historic contract extension.
Fernando Tatis Jr. and the San Diego Padres shocked the baseball world Wednesday, reaching a deal to extend the Dominican’s contract for 14 years and $ 340 million, MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand assured. It’s the third year in a row that an extension has made headlines, following Mookie Betts and 12-year-old Dodgers last spring and Mike Trout and 10-year-old Angels in 2019. Both Betts and Trout could have declared themselves agents. free after the 2020 season, which gave them a lot of power in negotiating. Meanwhile, the Padres decided they had to make sure their 22-year-old superstar stayed in San Diego for a very long time.
Betts’s renewal is the largest a player has gotten in terms of new money added to the player’s current contract, while Tatis Jr.’s. the longest is in terms of years. Here we take a look at the 10 biggest contract renewals in Major League Baseball history.
1) Mookie Betts, Dodgers – 12 years, $ 365 million signed in 2020, ends 2032
The Red Sox traded Betts and left-handed David Price to the Dodgers in a post-2019 mega deal, largely as many expected the former AL MVP to test the market after the end of the 2020 season and challenge the recent standards in free agency set. by Bryce Harper and Manny Machado. But the Los Angeles administration managed to reach a historic agreement with Betts.
2) Mike Trout, Angels – 10 Years, $ 360 Million Signed in 2019, Ends 2030
The Angels made sure that the best baseball player – with a career that certainly ends in the Hall of Fame – stayed in Orange County for a long time. This contract was added to the two years and US $ 66.5 million remaining in the old agreement Trout signed in 2014, making it a new 12-year agreement of US $ 426.5 million, the most expensive in the world. history of the sport. then professional from the United States. Trout immediately responded to the Angels’ belief in 2019 by hitting a whopping 45 home runs.
3) Fernando Tatis Jr., Padres – 14 years, US $ 340 million (source) Agreed in 2021, ends in 2034
After a short but promising rookie season in 2019, Tatis cemented his rising superstar status with an exciting performance in the 2020 campaign, hitting .277 / .366 / .571 with 17 home runs in 224 at-bats and finishing fourth in the to vote. For JMV de la Nacional. His actions were one of the biggest reasons the Padres broke their 14-season streak without making it to the playoffs. Then, Tatis continued to shine in October by becoming the third youngest player in history with two or more homeruns in a postseason game. At the end of 2020, Tatis’ 39 homers were the most for a starting shortstop for the first 150 games of his career since 1900.
4) Giancarlo Stanton, Marlins – 13 Years, $ 325 Million Signed 2014, Ends 2028
Baseball had not seen this type of contract – in terms of both duration and total value – before Stanton signed this extension after the 2014 season. However, Stanton will spend most of that contract with the Yankees and not the Marlins. The shooter played the first three seasons of the deal with Miami, before the team sent him to New York in December 2017, shortly after being recognized as the National League’s Most Valuable Player. Stanton chose not to exercise the option that allowed him to terminate the agreement.
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5) Miguel Cabrera, Tigres – 8 years, US $ 248 million signed in 2014, ends 2023
In a way, history repeated itself here as Dave Dombrowski – the same general manager who granted Cabrera an eight-year extension of $ 152.3 million after taking over the Venezuelan in 2007 – made sure the slugger would stay in Detroit on an eighth day. . annual contract.
6) Nolan Arenado, Rockies – 7 years, $ 234 million signed in 2019, ends 2026
Arenado agreed with Colorado which by that time was a record one year and $ 26 million to avoid wage arbitrage, but reached an agreement on an extension.