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Athletics comply with $60M, 5-year contract with slugger Brent Rooker, AP supply says

By Miles Cooper
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January 7, 2025
Athletics comply with M, 5-year contract with slugger Brent Rooker, AP supply says
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Athletics comply with $60M, 5-year contract with slugger Brent Rooker, AP supply says

(AP) — The Athletics have agreed to a $60 million, five-year contract with slugger Brent Rooker, an individual conversant in the negotiations informed The Related Press on Monday evening.

The particular person spoke on situation of anonymity as a result of the settlement had not been introduced.

The deal features a $22 million vesting possibility for the 2030 season and escalators that might enhance the worth to $92 million over six seasons. Rooker was set to swap proposed arbitration salaries with the A’s on Thursday. He additionally would have been eligible for arbitration after the 2025 and 2026 seasons, and will have turn out to be a free agent following the 2027 World Collection.

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The brand new deal retains Rooker signed by means of 2029, when the group is planning to be in Las Vegas. The A’s left Oakland after final season and are set to play the subsequent three seasons in a minor league park in West Sacramento, California. The membership says its new stadium in Las Vegas is predicted to be prepared in 2028.

The 30-year-old Rooker has been among the finest gamers for the A’s since becoming a member of the group in 2023. He batted .293 with 39 homers, 112 RBIs and a .927 OPS final season, profitable a Silver Slugger award at designated hitter and ending tenth in AL MVP voting. He hit 30 homers with an .817 OPS in his first season with the A’s, making the AL All-Star squad.

The settlement with Rooker is the newest huge transfer for the A’s this offseason. The group beforehand signed pitcher Luis Severino to a $67 million, three-year contract — the largest deal in franchise historical past. The fitting-hander can decide out and turn out to be a free agent once more after the 2026 season.

Severino’s arrival was adopted by the acquisitions of third baseman Gio Urshela and left-hander Jeffrey Springs.

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For the primary time because the present collective bargaining settlement started in 2022, the A’s are to obtain 100% of the quantity due underneath the income sharing components. If a group’s luxurious tax payroll will not be a minimum of 150% of what it receives in income sharing, the burden of proof in a grievance alleging violation of income sharing guidelines would shift to the membership from the gamers’ affiliation.

The A’s have one different participant scheduled to swap proposed arbitration salaries with the group on Thursday in outfielder Miguel Andujar.

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AP Baseball Author Ronald Blum contributed to this report.

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