The longest contracts in MLB history

When Fernando Tatis Jr. signed a 14-year, $340 million extension with the Padres in 2021, it set a new standard for the longest contract in major league history.

Now, we have a total of 22 contracts of 10 years or more after Puerto Rican Carlos Correa agreed with the Giants for 13 years and $350 million, Trea Turner agreed with the Phillies for 11 years and $300 million and Xander Bogaerts joined to the Padres for US$280 million and 11 years during the 2022-2023 offseason.

Here we leave you then with a look at each of those deals in reverse chronological order, based on the year the contract will expire.

Carlos Correa, SS, Giants: 13 years, $350 million (2023-2035)

Correa’s contract is the largest ever in terms of total value, surpassing compatriot Francisco Lindor’s 10-year, $341 million contract with the Mets.

Julio Rodríguez, CF, Mariners: 13 years, $210 million (2023-2035)

The Mariners and J-Rod have finalized a massive extension that will guarantee the star rookie at least 13 years and $210 million, but with a club option he could go as high as 18 years and $470 million. Right now, the largest contract in MLB history in terms of total value is the 12-year, $426.5 million extension that Mike Trout signed with the Angels in 2019.

Fernando Tatis Jr., SS, Parents: 14 years, $340 million (2021-2034)

Tatis wasn’t eligible to be a free agent until after the 2024 season was over and at 22 he wasn’t even eligible for arbitration, but San Diego obviously thought they needed to make sure he was a Padre for many years.

Xander Bogaerts, SS, Padres: 11 years, $280 million (2023-2033)

After four All-Star Games and two World Series wins with the Red Sox, Bogaerts signed a contract with the Padres that is almost identical to the one that fellow star shortstop Trea Turner had agreed to with the Phillies (11 years, $300 million) a pair of days before.

Trea Turner, SS, Phillies: 11 years, $300 million (2023-2033)

Entering the free market after going to the All-Star break in two straight seasons, Turner landed his fifth deal of $300 million or more for a free agent and his 20th contract (including free agent signings and extensions) of 10 or more years. in MLB history.

Mookie Betts, OF, Dodgers: 12 years, $365 million (2021-2032)

Betts came to the Dodgers from Boston and in LA they made sure he didn’t become a free agent. The extension Betts received marked the most money ever given by the Dodgers in a contract, surpassing the $215 million extension signed by Clayton Kershaw in 2014.

Wander Franco, SS, Rays: 11 years, $182 million (2022-2032)

Franco’s contract set a record as the largest in Rays history, surpassing the six-year, $100 million contract that Evan Longoria signed after the 2012 season. It is also the largest deal in Rays history. Major League Baseball for a player with less than one year of service.

Bryce Harper, OF, Phillies: 13 years, $330 million (2019-2031)

Harper’s contract was tied for the longest in MLB history prior to the Tatis extension, and is the longest-earning and highest-paid contract for a free agent in American professional sports history.

Francisco Lindor, SS, Mets: 10 years, $341 million (2022-2031)

Lindor came to the Mets from Cleveland and after months of negotiations, New York made sure he wouldn’t be leaving Queens quickly, agreeing to an extension just before Opening Day. The pact added 10 years and $341 million to his existing one-year, $22.3 million agreement for 2021.

Corey Seager, SS, Rangers: 10 years, $325 million (2022-31)

After seven seasons with the Dodgers that included a National League Rookie of the Year Award, two Silver Sluggers, two All-Star Game nods, an NLCS MVP and a World Series MVP, Seager left Los Angeles to sign one of the largest free agency contracts in baseball history with the Rangers.

Mike Trout, OF, Angels: 10 years, $360 million (2021-30)

Trout was scheduled to become a free agent after the 2020 season, but his extension was added to the two years and $66.5 million still remaining on his six-year deal he signed in 2014. As a result, some saw his new contract as a 12-year, US$426.5 million pact.

Manny Machado, 3B, Padres: 10 years, $300 million (2019-28)

Machado set the record for the largest free agency contract in sports history by signing a 10-year, $300 million contract – which was surpassed by Harper weeks later. Prior to Machado’s deal, the Padres had awarded only one $100 million-plus contract in franchise history — $144 million to Eric Hosmer heading into the 2018 season.

Giancarlo Stanton, OF, Marlins: 13 years, $325 million (2015-27)

Stanton’s extension set a record for the longest contract in MLB history, and at the time also represented the highest total value, but the slugger was not a free agent at the time. He played three seasons of that contract with the Marlins before being traded to the Yankees in December 2017 after being named National League MVP.

Robinson Canó, 2B, Mariners: 10 years, $228.26 million (2014-23)

Canó was 31 years old at the start of his 10-year contract with the Mariners, and had already compiled 45.5 WAR (per Baseball Reference) over a nine-year career up to that point. Canó was named to the All-Star Game in three of his first four seasons with Seattle, but was suspended for 80 games in 2018 after testing positive for a banned substance, and the club sent him to the Mets along with closer Edwin Díaz for a five-player package that winter.

Joey Votto, 1B, Reds: 10 years, $225 million (2014-23)

Votto signed a 10-year extension just before Opening Day in 2012, which began in the 2014 season. Votto led the National League in OBP in three of the first seven years of the contract, and had a revival season in 2021, when he produced 36 home runs and a .938 OPS in 129 games. Votto will be 39 for the majority of the last year of his contract (he’ll turn 40 in September of that year).

Albert Pujols, 1B, Angels: 10 years, $240 million (2012-21)

Pujols’ 11-year tenure in St. Louis ended with the signing of a 10-year contract with the Angels prior to the 2012 season. Pujols was coming off a seven-year stretch in which he hit .326 with a 1.037 OPS. 285 HR and three National League MVP Awards. The Dominican received MVP votes in two of the Angels’ first seven seasons, but his production took a nosedive and in 2021 he was released to play for the Dodgers and then retire with the Cardinals.

Alex Rodriguez, 3B, Yankees: 10 years, $275 million (2008-17)

Rodríguez opted out of his 10-year, $252 million contract in October 2007, and two months later the Yankees re-signed him to 10 seasons and $275 million. Back then, he became the largest contract in MLB history, eclipsing his own record set with his previous deal. Rodríguez retired during the 2016 season, before his 10-year contract was up.

Derek Jeter, SS, Yankees: 10 years, $189 million (2001-10)

After Jeter had been a part of three straight World Series-winning teams and having won four career rings at that point, the Yankees gave him a 10-year extension heading into the 2001 season. Voting for the MVP Award came in 2006 when he finished second to Justin Morneau. The Captain retired after the 2014 season and was inducted into the Hall of Fame on his first ballot appearance in 2020.

Alex Rodriguez, SS, Rangers: 10 years, $252 million (2001-10)

A-Rod’s first 10-year deal set the record for the most lucrative contract in MLB history, surpassing the eight-year, $121 million deal that Mike Hampton had earlier that winter.

Dave Winfield, OF, Yankees: 10 years, $23 million (1981-90)

At the time, Winfield’s contract was the most lucrative in history. Winfield did not fill out his entire contract with the Yankees, as he missed the entire 1989 season with injury and was eventually optioned to the Angels during the 1990 season.

Richie Zisk, OF, Rangers: 10 years, $2.75 million (1978-1987)

This was the first 10-year contract awarded to a position player, though Zisk only spent three years in Texas before being traded to Seattle after the 1980 season in a transaction that involved 11 players and included the notorious infielder. Mexican Mario Mendoza back to Texas. The Rangers signed Zisk to a 10-year, $2.75 million deal.

Wayne Garland, RHP, Guardians: 10 years, $2.3 million (1977-1986)

Garland was part of the first batch of free agents in MLB, but it was not the same free agency that we all know today, since it was tied to a raffle between the teams to see who would win the rights to negotiate with the player in question. . The most famous deal that offseason was the five-year, $3 million deal Reggie Jackson signed with the Yankees, but Garland’s contract has the distinction of being the first 10-year contract awarded by an MLB team.