Third baseman Rafael Devers is predicted to signal an enormous 11-year, $331M contract to remain in Boston.
Per ESPN’s Jeff Passan, “The deal just isn’t carried out. The bodily course of hasn’t began. However in the long run, Devers is predicted to stay in Boston.”
Tuesday, Passan famous the 2 sides agreed on a one-year, $17.5M deal to keep away from heading into arbitration with the aim of reaching a long-term contract.
A day later, the 2 hammered out the main points on an infinite contract.
He’s the eighth participant this low season to obtain a contract that may pay him at the least $25M yearly in 2023, per Sportrac.
Two pitchers — Texas Rangers’ Jacob deGrom (five-year, $185M) and New York Mets’ Justin Verlander (two-year, $86,666,666) — signed huge contracts, as did 5 place gamers aside from Devers.
Dansby Swanson (seven-year, $177M) is heading to the Cubs and Xander Bogaerts (11-year, $280M) to the Padres in offers that may pay each north of $25M a yr. Carlos Correa’s 12-year, $315M cope with the Mets averages $26,250,000 per season.
Devers contract places him between Aaron Decide (nine-year, $360M) and Trea Turner (11-year, $300M) when it comes to this yr’s free company class.
Final season, Devers, 26, performed in 141 video games and had a .295 batting common, 27 house runs and 88 runs batted in.
Per FanGraphs projections, Devers is on observe for a 2023 season with a .278 batting common, 32 house runs and 101 runs batted in.
He is one of many brightest younger third basemen within the league and is on the age the place he is coming into the prime of his profession. If the contract pans, we all know the place Devers will finish his profession.
