Fernando Tatis Jr. and the San Diego Padres have agreed to a record-breaking 14-year, $340 million long-term contract extension, Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune and Fansided’s Robert Murray reviews. The star shortstop’s extension will embrace a full no-trade clause for all 14 years of the deal, according to Scott Miller.
Tatis Jr., who’s nonetheless simply 22 years of age, has thrived all through his younger profession. In 143 video games throughout two seasons with San Diego, Tatis has batted .301/.374/.582 (154 OPS+) with 39 house runs and 27 stolen bases. That is distinctive manufacturing for any participant, not to mention a younger shortstop. This previous season, Tatis received a Silver Slugger and completed third within the NL MVP balloting. Tatis’ efficiency up to now is in line with his former standing because the consensus prime prospect in all of baseball, which is partly why the Padres are comfy making such a big funding in him.
Our personal Mike Axisa lately pegged Tatis as a strong candidate for an extension. Here is what he wrote on the time:
“The very best benchmark at this service-time stage is Alex Bregman, who signed a six-year extension value $100.6 million with the Astros in March 2019. A six-year deal would purchase out Tatis’ 4 remaining years of crew management plus two free agent years, and permit him to change into a free agent at age 27. That contract values Bregman’s free agent years at $30.5 million apiece. If we stick to that and switch the six-year deal right into a 15-year deal, we’re speaking $375 million in assured cash. It’s extremely doable Tatis might obtain a $400 million extension within the not-too-distant future.”
Because it turned out, Tatis mainly hit that mark, albeit for 14 years as an alternative of 15, therefore the marginally decrease total worth. Tatis’ $340 million extension as soon as finalized will change into the biggest in Padres’ franchise historical past, breaking the document set by Tatis’ fellow member of the left facet of the infield Manny Machado ($300 million). It would additionally change into the third-largest contract in MLB historical past when it comes to complete worth behind simply Mike Trout’s and Mookie Betts’ present offers. At 14 years, Tatis’ extension is the longest contract, which breaks the document of 13 years shared by Giancarlo Stanton and Bryce Harper.
Largest contracts in MLB history:
- 1. Mike Trout, $426,500,000
- 2. Mookie Betts, $365,000,000
- 3. Fernando Tatis Jr., $340,000,000
The Padres and common supervisor A.J. Preller now have one of many brightest younger stars to hit MLB in a very long time locked up for greater than a decade. The deal additionally caps a extremely profitable offseason for Preller and the Padres. Previous to this reported settlement, the Padres most notably fortified the rotation with trades for had Yu Darvish, Blake Snell, and Joe Musgrove.
Coming off a 2020 season during which they made the postseason and logged the best win proportion in crew historical past, the Padres are positioned to contend for years to come back — with Tatis, his star energy, and his MVP upside helming these efforts each step of the best way.
