If you had the Fathers in the group for the first team to award two $ 300 million contracts, go and charge.
San Diego and his superstar, Fernando Tatis Jr., reached an agreement on a $ 340 million contract for 14 years. It is the third largest contract ever given (behind Mike Trout and Mookie Betts) and the seventh for $ 300 million or more, which also includes the guy who plays third base alongside Tatis, Manny Machado.
The Yankees have two of the $ 300 million players, Gerrit Cole and Giancarlo Stanton, but Stanton received his contract from the Marlins. In addition, they are the Yankees. These are the Fathers, who are now on just under $ 200 million for luxury tax purposes in 2021, shouting again:
1 They are in it to win. San Diego swapped holders Yu Darvish, Blake Snell and Joe Musgrove. They now have an internal field (Tatis, Machado, Ha-Seong Kim and Eric Hosmer) with $ 812 million invested in it. The Chargers are long gone, leaving the Padres as the only major sports team in San Diego and they are acting like a big market as they try to beat current champion Dodgers. These are probably the two most talented squads in the top two and play 19 times in 2021 to decide NL West – and perhaps much more.
two Tatis was not even eligible for arbitration until the next off-season. He turned 22 last month. But he has already established himself as one of the best players in the game (fourth in the NL MVP poll last year) – and more salable. He would have been a free agent at age 25. This allows the Fathers to guarantee a brilliant player for less on average annually than George Springer during his 35-year season.
3 – Think about how much Braves saved by signing a $ 100 million pact with Ronald Acuna for eight years in April 2019 after just one season. Now imagine how much the national Juan Soto will cost. Soto is also only 22 and is looking for a 25-year free agency. He may already be the best hitter for the majors.
4 – Tatis received the biggest contract ever for a shortstop. The previous one was $ 252 million for Alex Rodriguez (he also earned $ 275 million as a third baseman). It creates a benchmark for the next class of free agent shortstop by Francisco Lindor, Javier Baez, Carlos Correa, Corey Seager and Trevor Story. They are all older than Tatis, but they also have longer histories. Lindor, say, would seek 10 years to $ 350 million (or more) from Mets to subscribe before the free agency?
5 Did we mention that San Diego is flexing financial power? The Fathers are increasing their payroll for the fourth consecutive year, almost double since 2017. This is at a time when most other clubs are cutting back. The Fathers, under the command of GM AJ Preller, built a powerful farm system to position themselves to negotiate in this off-season, but the best negotiation of all for these Fathers was on June 4, 2016, when the newcomer James Shields negotiated for the White Sox by a 17 year old in his first season in professional football.
On Wednesday, they guaranteed the now 22-year-old $ 340 million.