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San Diego Padres and superstar Fernando Tatis Jr. reached an agreement on a 14-year contract extension on Wednesday for Dennis Lin and Ken Rosenthal Atlético.
Robert Murray FanSided said the deal was worth $ 340 million.
In just two MLB seasons, Tatis quickly became one of the best versatile players in Major League Baseball, and the Fathers’ decision to arrest the 22-year-old phenomenon speaks for a long time.
Tatis Jr., who is the son of ex-MLB third baseman Fernando Tatis, appeared on the scene in 2019 as a rookie when he hit 0.317 with 22 home runs, 53 RBI, 61 scheduled runs and 16 stolen bases. Despite appearing in just 84 games, Tatis finished third in the National League’s Rookie of the Year vote.
Its second season took place under difficult circumstances in a campaign that was reduced to 60 games because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tatis reached 0.277 with 17 homers, 45 RBI, 50 scheduled runs and 11 steals in 59 games, making him a clear candidate for NL’s MVP.
Although the Padres fell for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL Division Series, Tatis’ first playoff round was fruitful. In six postseason games, he hit 0.318 with two home runs, five RBIs and five scheduled runs.
Tatis would be under the team’s control during the 2024 season with arbitration each year from 2022 to 2024, but the Fathers avoided having to go through that process by signing it with a new agreement.
Perhaps no baseball team is better prepared for long-term success than the Fathers, as they are stocked with quality prospects, as well as young stars at the major league level.
A lineup comprised of Tatis, Manny Machado, Eric Hosmer and Wil Myers is among the best in baseball and will help make the Padres World Series contenders in 2021 and beyond.
The Padres and their fans have dealt with several lean years to get to this point, having lost the playoffs for 13 consecutive years from 2007 to 2019, but with Tatis in the fold for a long time, the Padres can now become a perennial playoff team .