Every team’s largest contracts by total value

We’ve seen loads of massive contracts lately — each totally free brokers and groups extending gamers already on their roster. Here’s a take a look at every staff’s largest free-agent contract and largest extension by whole worth, together with the season that it was signed both throughout or coming into, and the quantity added to the deal within the instances of extensions.

Blue Jays
FA contract: George Springer, OF (6 years/$150M, 2021)
Extension: Vernon Wells, OF (7/$126M, 2007)

The Blue Jays’ newest large offseason addition set a document for whole worth, surpassing Russell Martin’s $82 million deal, which was the prior largest for a Toronto-bound free agent. Wells by no means performed out the whole lot of his extension, which ran by way of 2014, in Toronto, as he was traded to the Angels in January 2011 and to the Yankees in March 2013.

Orioles
FA contract: Chris Davis, 1B (7/$161M, 2016)
Extension: Adam Jones, OF (6/$85M, 2012)

After three and a half seasons with the Rangers and 4 and a half with the Orioles, Davis hit free company following a 2015 season the place he crushed 47 homers to steer the Majors. He examined free company, however he nonetheless re-upped with the Orioles. Jones, then again, bought his extension in the course of the season in 2012 — a 12 months he’d go on to complete sixth within the AL MVP voting, the best end of his profession.

Rays
FA contract: Zach Eflin, RHP (3/$40M, 2023)
Extension: Wander Franco (11/$182M, 2022)

Franco’s contract — which features a Twelfth-year membership possibility and might max out at $223 million — represents the biggest deal of any variety in Rays historical past, topping the six-year, $100 million extension Evan Longoria signed after the 2012 season. Eflin’s deal broke a longstanding document for the biggest free-agent contract in Rays historical past. The earlier mark belonged to Wilson Alvarez, who signed a five-year, $35 million deal earlier than the Rays franchise had performed a recreation.

Red Sox
FA contract: David Price, LHP (7/$217M, 2016)
Extension: Adrián González (7/$154M, 2011)

At the time, Price’s deal was the biggest by whole worth for a pitcher. He didn’t play out the complete contract in Boston following a February 2020 commerce to the Dodgers. Trades to the Dodgers are literally a theme right here, as González was additionally traded there partway into his deal in the course of the 2012 season.

Yankees
FA contract: Aaron Judge, OF (9/$360M, 2023) (per supply)
Extension: Derek Jeter, SS (10/$189, 2001)

Hitting the open market after setting an AL document with 62 homers and profitable the AL MVP Award in 2022, Judge obtained critical overtures from the hometown Giants however finally returned to the Yankees, reaching the largest free-agent deal in MLB historical past. Jeter’s extension helped be sure that the Hall of Famer would play his complete profession in pinstripes. When the extension was over, he signed yet another cope with the Yankees in free company, retiring on the finish of that contract in 2014.

Guardians
FA contract: Edwin Encarnación, 1B/DH (3/$60M, 2017)
Extension: José Ramírez, 3B (5/$124M, 2022)

Ramírez’s extension – which got here forward of his tenth season in Cleveland – greater than doubled Encarnación’s deal, beforehand the biggest by whole worth in franchise historical past. As a part of the settlement, Cleveland has exercised Ramírez’s $13 million staff possibility for 2023. The extension will kick in after that, retaining the third baseman with the membership by way of 2028. Encarnación performed the primary two years of his cope with the Guardians earlier than he was traded to the Mariners in a three-team deal that additionally concerned the Rays. During his time in Cleveland, he put up two 30-homer seasons.

Royals
FA contract: Alex Gordon, OF (4/$72M, 2016)
Extension: Salvador Perez (4/$82M, 2021)

It appears onerous to think about now, however there was some extent when it wasn’t a provided that Gordon could be a Royal for all times. When he hit free company after the 2015 season, he was a newly minted World Series champion and had been an All-Star in three straight years. He ultimately re-signed with Kansas City, signed one final deal coming into 2020 after which hung up his cleats after the season. Perez is one other Royals lifer, and his $82 million extension is about to start in 2022, a 12 months after he led the Majors in homers (48) and RBIs (121).

Tigers
FA contract: Prince Fielder, 1B (9/$214M, 2012)
Extension: Miguel Cabrera, 1B (8/$248M, 2014)

Fielder was on the heels of a third-place NL MVP end when he signed with the Tigers for the 2012 season. He was traded to the Rangers after the primary two years of the deal, however a neck harm compelled Fielder to step away in 2016 after he was not cleared medically. The Marlins traded Cabrera to the Tigers in December 2007, and he signed his extension after back-to-back MVP seasons.

Twins
FA contract: Carlos Correa, SS (3/$103.5M, 2020)
Extension: Joe Mauer, C (8/$184M, 2010)

Incidentally, the Correa contract was, in a means, made potential by the previous Twins chief in largest free-agent contract. When Minnesota dealt third baseman Josh Donaldson (who signed a four-year, $92 million contract with the Twins in 2020) to the Yankees, it cleared $50 million off the books for the Twins, who then used that area to signal Correa to a surprising three-year cope with two opt-outs. Mauer’s contract is the biggest by whole worth for a catcher, and it ensured that the one line on the St. Paul, Minn., native’s transaction file reads: drafted first general by the Twins within the 2001 MLB Draft.

White Sox
FA contract: Yasmani Grandal, C (4/$73M, 2020)
Extension: Yoán Moncada, 3B (5/$70M, 2020)

After Grandal took a one-year wager on himself with a deal in Milwaukee for 2019, the White Sox inked him to the long-term deal he was looking for for 2020 and past. Moncada had a breakout season in 2019, his third 12 months with the White Sox after arriving from Boston within the Chris Sale commerce, and bought his extension the next spring.

Angels
FA contract: Anthony Rendon, 3B (7/$245M, 2020)
Extension: Mike Trout, OF (10/$360M, 2019)

After profitable a World Series title with the Nationals, the ever-consistent Rendon joined the Angels and continued on the similar stage he’d been taking part in at since 2017 in his first 12 months earlier than coping with accidents in 2021. Trout’s deal was added on to an current two years and $66.5 million he had left on his prior extension, so the complete contract is for 12 years and $426.5 million, which was the biggest in North American skilled sports activities on the time it was signed.

Astros
FA contract: Carlos Lee, 1B/LF (6/$100M, 2007)
Extension: Jose Altuve, 2B (5/$151M, 2018)

Lee performed the primary 5 and a half years of the contract with the Astros, profitable a Silver Slugger Award in his first 12 months in 2007, when he additionally bought an All-Star nod. In July 2012, the Astros traded him to the Marlins, the place he completed off the ultimate months of the deal. The Astros have the 2017 AL MVP below contract by way of 2024, which he inked simply months after profitable the World Series.

Athletics
FA contract: Billy Butler, 1B/DH (3/$30M, 2015)
Extension: Eric Chavez, 3B (6/$66M, 2004)

Butler signed with the A’s after spending the primary eight years of his profession in Kansas City. After 236 video games with the membership in 2015-16, the A’s launched him in September 2016 earlier than the deal’s second 12 months was over. Oakland prolonged Chavez earlier than the 2004 season, on the heels of three straight Gold Glove Awards. He performed out the length of the contract earlier than becoming a member of the Yankees and D-backs on smaller offers to complete his profession. The A’s additionally signed Yoenis Céspedes to a four-year, $36 million deal, however that’s not famous above because it was a global signing, not through conventional free company.

Mariners
FA contract: Robinson Canó, 2B (10/$240M, 2014)
Extension: Julio Rodríguez, CF (13/$210M, 2022) Félix Hernández, RHP (7/$175M, 2013)

Canó spent the primary 9 years of his profession with the Yankees earlier than becoming a member of the Mariners in free company following 4 straight prime six MVP finishes, Silver Slugger Awards and All-Star alternatives. The Mariners traded him and Edwin Díaz in a deal to the Mets after the fifth 12 months of the deal. Rodríguez’s reported extension ensures 13 years and $210 million, however might max out at 18 years and $470 million. The staff’s prior largest extension belonged to Félix Hernández, one other Seattle icon, like Rodríguez has shortly grow to be.

Rangers
FA contract: Corey Seager, SS (10/$325M, 2022)
Extension: Elvis Andrus, SS (8/$120M, 2013)

Nearly 20 years after signing Alex Rodriguez to a 10-year, $252 million deal, the biggest by whole worth on the time, the Rangers struck once more so as to add one other star shortstop, reaching a 10-year, $325 million contract with Seager. Andrus, Texas’ beginning shortstop till he was traded to the A’s in 2021, had performed 4 full seasons on the time of his extension, together with a second-place Rookie of the Year end in his first 12 months in 2009.

Braves
FA contract: B.J. Upton, OF (5/$75.25M, 2013)
Extension: Freddie Freeman, 1B (8/$135M, 2014)

Upton performed the primary two years of his cope with the Braves earlier than an offseason commerce to the Padres. After a season in San Diego, the Padres traded him to the Blue Jays in July 2016. It’s becoming that the biggest extension, and largest deal, in Braves historical past belongs to Freeman, the staff’s subsequent franchise-level star after Chipper Jones. The 2020 NL MVP’s extension coated 2014-21.

Marlins
FA contract: José Reyes, SS (6/$106M, 2012)
Extension: Giancarlo Stanton, OF (13/$325M, 2015)

Reyes, a reigning batting champ on the time, was a part of a bunch of stars the Marlins signed coming into the 2012 season, once they had been rebranding and opening Marlins Park. In November 2012 after a 12 months in Miami, he was traded to the Blue Jays in a deal involving 12 gamers. At the time it was signed, Stanton’s contract was the biggest by whole worth in baseball historical past, and it’s nonetheless tied for the longest contract by years. Stanton was traded to the Yankees after the 2017 season.

Mets
FA contract: Carlos Beltrán, OF (7/$119M, 2005)
Extension: Francisco Lindor, SS (10/$341M, 2021)

Lindor’s extension got here earlier than he’d even performed a recreation in a Mets uniform, after a January 2021 commerce from Cleveland to New York. The extension, which kicks in in the course of the 2022 season — that means Lindor will probably be in Flushing for 11 years — is the third-largest contract by whole worth in baseball historical past. Beltrán’s Mets tenure was the most efficient of his profession by sure measures — his 149 homers and .500 slugging share had been every his highest with any staff. The Mets traded him to the Giants in July 2011, the ultimate 12 months of his deal, for Zack Wheeler.

Nationals
FA contract: Stephen Strasburg, RHP (7/$245M, 2020)
Extension: Strasburg (7/$175M, 2016)

Nationals followers must be unsurprised to study that Strasburg holds each spots on this listing — the franchise’s first No. 1 general choose within the 2009 MLB Draft. He signed his profitable extension in the course of the season in 2016, with the deal first reported whereas he was on the mound in a recreation and made official the following day. The contract had an opt-out after the 2019 season, which Strasburg took — days after profitable the World Series MVP Award because the Nats gained the title in seven video games. He re-upped with the Nationals in free company, signing the franchise’s largest such deal.

Phillies
FA contract: Bryce Harper, OF (13/$330M, 2019)
Extension: Cole Hamels, LHP (6/$144M, 2012)

At the time, Harper’s contract set a document largest free-agent deal in MLB historical past. The earlier Phillies free-agent document was the $120 million deal signed by Cliff Lee after the 2010 season. Hamels’ contract was the second largest for a pitcher on the time, in addition to the biggest extension for a pitcher. The Phillies traded him to the Rangers in July 2015 — his closing begin with the Phils was a no-hitter at Wrigley Field.

Brewers
FA contract: Lorenzo Cain, OF (5/$80M, 2018)
Extension: Christian Yelich, OF (7/$188.5M, 2020)

After spending seven years with the Royals and profitable the 2015 World Series, Cain rejoined the Brewers as a free agent — the staff he’d been drafted by in 2004 and debuted with in ’10 earlier than being a part of a commerce to Kansas City for Zack Greinke. For Yelich, the contract extension got here after two straight MVP-level seasons in Milwaukee after a commerce from the Marlins. The slugger gained the 2018 award and completed second to the Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger in ’19.

Cardinals
FA contract: Matt Holliday, OF (7/$120M, 2010)
Extension: Paul Goldschmidt, 1B (5/$130M, 2019)

The A’s traded Holliday to the Cardinals in July 2009, when he was months shy of free company. After hitting .353 in 63 regular-season video games with St. Louis after the commerce, he signed with the staff as a free agent. Goldschmidt additionally arrived in a commerce from a West staff, when the D-backs despatched him to St. Louis in December 2018. Before Goldschmidt had even performed a regular-season recreation for the membership, the Cardinals ensured they’d have him by way of the 2024 season with an extension.

Cubs
FA contract: Jason Heyward, OF (8/$184M, 2016)
Extension: Carlos Zambrano, RHP (5/$91.5M, 2007)

The Cubs signed Heyward after a 12 months with the division-rival Cardinals the place he obtained MVP votes and gained a Gold Glove Award. The transfer to Chicago paid off for him and the staff instantly, because the membership gained the World Series in his first 12 months with the Cubs in 2016 throughout a postseason run the place his protection was a notable contribution. When the Cubs prolonged Zambrano in August 2007, he was within the midst of his third Cy Young vote-worthy season. Ultimately, the membership traded him to the Marlins after the 2011 season, when he was coming into the ultimate 12 months of the deal.

Pirates
FA contract: Francisco Liriano, LHP (3/$39M, 2015)
Extension: Ke’Bryan Hayes, 3B (8/$70M, 2022)

This deal was Liriano’s second with the Pirates, after initially signing a two-year contract coming into the 2013 season. After a 3.20 ERA in 55 begins throughout that span, he re-signed with the membership after 2014, however he didn’t play all three years in Pittsburgh, as an alternative being traded to the Blue Jays in the course of the 2016 season. The Pirates prolonged Hayes on Opening Day in 2022, his age-25 season. After a scorching begin to his profession in 2020, accidents restricted Hayes to only 96 video games and a pedestrian .257/.316/.373 slash line the next season. However, Hayes, who was the No. 9 prospect in baseball coming into 2021 in accordance with MLB Pipeline, recorded 16 Outs Above Average by way of his first two seasons, the second most amongst third basemen throughout that span.

Reds
FA contract: Nick Castellanos/Mike Moustakas (4/$64M, 2020)
Extension: Joey Votto, 1B (10/$225M, 2012)

The Reds’ most profitable free-agent contract by whole worth is a tie between two offers signed inside two months of one another. In December 2019, the staff added Castellanos on a four-year, $64 million pact earlier than including Moustakas for a similar phrases in January 2020. The largest extension, and general contract, belongs to the staff’s present franchise participant and MVP winner in Votto, who has hit greater than 300 dwelling runs in a Reds uniform — the one one he’s ever worn.

D-backs
FA contract: Zack Greinke, RHP (6/$206.5M, 2016)
Extension: Miguel Montero, C (5/$60M, 2012)

Greinke opted out of a contract with the Dodgers in favor of free company after the 2015 season, signing with the D-backs in a considerably sudden transfer on the time. After an uncharacteristic first season in Arizona, he returned to his All-Star methods over the following three years earlier than he was traded to the Astros on the Trade Deadline in 2019. When Montero signed his extension in the course of the season in 2012, he was on the heels of a 2011 season the place he was a first-time All-Star and obtained MVP votes. The D-backs traded him to the Cubs after the 2014 season, the place he helped the staff win the World Series in ‘16.

Dodgers
FA contract: Zack Greinke, RHP (6/$147M, 2013)
Extension: Mookie Betts, OF (12/$365M, 2020)

Greinke has the distinctive place of holding the biggest free-agent contract distinction for each the D-backs and the Dodgers. His contract in Los Angeles got here first, when he signed with the staff coming into the 2013 season, and he proceeded to publish a 2.30 ERA in 92 begins for the Dodgers over three years earlier than opting out. Betts’ extension was the following step after a February 2020 commerce despatched the 2018 AL MVP winner from the Red Sox to the Dodgers, and he signed it earlier than the ‘20 season started.

Giants
FA contract: Carlos Correa, SS (13/$350M, 2023) (per supply)
Extension: Buster Posey, C (8/$167M, 2013)

After spending seven years and profitable a World Series championship with the Astros, Correa inked a three-year, $105.3 million deal to affix the Twins, however he opted out after the primary 12 months of the deal to grow to be a free agent once more. His Giants deal, which surpasses Francisco Lindor’s ($341 million) for the biggest shortstop contract by whole worth, has a no opt-out clause and a full no-trade clause. Last season, he posted his highest batting common since 2017, slashing .291/.366/.467 with 22 homers and 24 doubles, serving to him match final 12 months’s offensive bWAR of 5.2.

Padres
FA contract: Manny Machado, 3B (10/$300M, 2019)
Extension: Fernando Tatis Jr., SS (14/$340M, 2021)

The Padres’ signing of Machado got here a 12 months after the staff added Eric Hosmer in a eight-year, $144 million deal, signaling that A.J. Preller and firm had been getting ready for the present Padres period we are actually witnessing. But San Diego was not carried out committing large {dollars} to the left aspect of its infield. As Spring Training started in 2021, the membership reached an settlement on a long-term cope with Tatis, lower than two months after his twenty second birthday. In his first 143 MLB video games break up between 2019-20, Tatis already had established himself as one of many recreation’s brightest stars, profitable a Silver Slugger Award and ending fourth within the NL MVP race in ’20.

Rockies
FA contract: Kris Bryant, OF (7/$182M, 2022)
Extension: Nolan Arenado, 3B (7/$234M, 2019)

The Rockies entered the spring of 2022 wanting so as to add a giant bat into the center of their lineup. They discovered it in Bryant, a former MVP and four-time All-Star who had spent his first six full seasons with the Cubs earlier than ending 2021 within the NL West with the Giants. Although accidents sapped Bryant’s energy in 2018 and 2020, he rebounded in 2021 by slamming 25 homers and posting a 124 OPS+ The transfer for the 30-year-old Bryant, a longtime third baseman, got here a bit of greater than a 12 months after Colorado traded star third baseman to Nolan Arenado to the Cardinals.