by Athletics locks up a member of their young nucleus for so long, he will probably go to Las Vegas.
The aerobatman of A Lawrence Butler accepted a contract extension of $ 66.5 million over seven years on Thursday Jeff Passan d’Espn. The agreement would have a club option.
The agreement buys two of the years free from butler, aged 24, and gives the capacity to take one more if he develops as hoped. Butler comes out of a season in small groups during which he struck .262 / .317 / .490 with 22 circuits and 18 stolen bases, which makes him one of the most precious players of a 69-93 team.
Butler, a choice of sixth round in the draft of the 2018 MLB, represented an important victory for the development of the players for the A after a peaceful year. The A locked another of their young people off competition, the designated Brent Rooker stars, with an extension of $ 60 million over five years earlier during the offseason.
After a few slow years, they were quietly one of the most active teams of MLB this off -season. They surprised everyone by giving Luis Severino to launcher an agreement of $ 67 million over three years in a free agency and followed this with transactions for the third goal Gio Urshela and the launcher starting Jeffrey Springs.
These movements will probably not make them competitor, but they could help push them in the next level of MLB teams, just when the team heads to West Sacramento. With another move to Las Vegas on the file in a few years, the team has every reason to make themselves respectable for a new crowd.
