The Largest Contract for each MLB Franchise

Michael Ginnitti
Michael Ginnitti, Managing Editor & NFL/MLB ExpertApril 26, 2023
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With news that OF Bryan Reynolds has agreed to an historic 8 year, $106.75M extension with the Pittsburgh Pirates, we took some time to identify each MLB Franchise's largest total value contract of all-time.

RELATED: All-Time MLB Contracts

Notable Notes

  • Three franchises (Oakland, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City) have yet to sign a player to $90M+.
  • 9 franchises have a $300M+ contract under their belts
  • 17 franchises (56%) have a $200M+ contract under their belts
  • 7 of these contracts were signed for 2023
  • 12 of these contracts have been signed in the past 2 years
  • Oakland's last "largest ever" contract was signed in 2004
  • Only two of these contracts belong to pitchers (Greinke, Strasburg)
TEAM PLAYER POS SIGNED AGE START YEAR LENGTH VALUE AAV
NYY Aaron Judge OF 30 2023 9 $360,000,000 $40,000,000
SD Manny Machado 3B 30 2023 11 $350,000,000 $31,818,182
BOS Rafael Devers 3B 26 2023 10 $313,500,000 $31,350,000
ATL Austin Riley 3B 25 2023 10 $212,000,000 $21,200,000
MIN Carlos Correa SS 28 2023 6 $200,000,000 $33,333,333
PIT Bryan Reynolds OF 28 2023 8 $106,750,000 $13,343,750
CHW Andrew Benintendi OF 28 2023 5 $75,000,000 $15,000,000
NYM Francisco Lindor SS 27 2022 10 $341,000,000 $34,100,000
TEX Corey Seager SS 27 2022 10 $325,000,000 $32,500,000
TB Wander Franco SS 20 2022 11 $182,000,000 $16,545,455
CLE Jose Ramirez 3B 29 2022 7 $141,000,000 $20,142,857
KC Salvador Perez C 31 2022 4 $82,000,000 $20,500,000
LAD Mookie Betts OF 27 2021 12 $365,000,000 $30,416,667
TOR George Springer OF 31 2021 6 $150,000,000 $25,000,000
WSH Stephen Strasburg SP 31 2020 7 $245,000,000 $35,000,000
MIL Christian Yelich OF 28 2020 7 $188,500,000 $26,928,571
STL Paul Goldschmidt 1B 31 2020 5 $130,000,000 $26,000,000
LAA Mike Trout OF 27 2019 12 $426,500,000 $35,541,667
PHI Bryce Harper OF 26 2019 13 $330,000,000 $25,384,615
COL Nolan Arenado 3B 27 2019 8 $260,000,000 $32,500,000
HOU Jose Altuve 2B 27 2018 7 $163,500,000 $23,357,143
DET Miguel Cabrera 1B 30 2016 8 $248,000,000 $31,000,000
ARI Zack Greinke SP 32 2016 6 $206,500,000 $34,416,667
CHC Jason Heyward OF 26 2016 8 $184,000,000 $23,000,000
BAL Chris Davis 1B 30 2016 7 $161,000,000 $23,000,000
MIA Giancarlo Stanton OF 25 2015 13 $325,000,000 $25,000,000
SEA Robinson Cano 2B 31 2014 10 $240,000,000 $24,000,000
CIN Joey Votto 1B 28 2014 10 $225,000,000 $22,500,000
SF Buster Posey C 26 2013 8 $159,000,000 $19,875,000
OAK Eric Chavez 3B 27 2005 6 $66,000,000 $11,000,000

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