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In 2019, Mike Trout signed a 12-year, $426 million contract with the Angels, the richest contract in the history of North American sports at the time. Alex Rodriguez earned the highest salary in MLB in 2013 at $28,000,000. He also has the highest career earnings in MLB history, as well as a record 13 years with the highest AAV.
This is a list of the largest sports contracts. These figures include signing bonuses but exclude options, buyouts, and the endorsement deals. This list does not reflect the highest annual salaries or career earnings, only the top 100 largest contracts and thus is largely limited to athletes in team sports and auto racing.
As with the prior example, this cannot occur with players who spend a full season in a rookie or Class A (short season) league. Per the current collective bargaining agreement between MLB and the Players Association, effective as of the 2022 season, a player may be optioned to the minor leagues no more than five times in a given season. [15]
The contract’s total value can reach $377.7 million over a 14-year period, per Passan. Witt, just 23, enjoyed a career season in 2023 , with 30 home runs and 49 stolen bases. He’s the first ...
When news of Shohei Ohtani's contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers was reported on Dec. 9, 2023, he broke the record for largest deal in MLB history in both total value and average annual value.
According to ESPN's Jeff Passan, former Georgia baseball star Charlie Condon signed the largest MLB signing bonus in league history Friday at $9.25 million.
On March 10, 2022, MLB and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) came to an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA). [6] The new CBA instituted a draft lottery beginning with the 2023 MLB draft, with the first six picks being sorted via a lottery for the 18 teams that do not qualify for the postseason.
According to ESPN’s Field Yates, the value for Lawrence’s rookie contract has already been determined. Per the report, he […] The post Details Of Trevor Lawrence’s Rookie Contract With The ...