Always nice to see a late-career breakout guy getting paid:
Designated hitter/outfielder Brent Rooker in agreement with A’s on five-year, $60M extension, source tells @TheAthletic. Vesting option can take the deal to six years, $90M.
Slugger Brent Rooker and the Athletics are in agreement on a five-year, $60 million contract, sources tell ESPN. The deal includes a sixth-year vesting option at $22 million that can escalate. Another big-money deal for A’s as they spend. First on the news was @Ken_Rosenthal.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) January 7, 2025Brent Rooker, 30, finally established himself as a regular with the A’s in 2023, hitting .246/.329/.488/126 wRC+ with 30 homers after years of not quite getting enough of a chance with the Twins, Padres, and Royals. In 2024, he really exploded, hitting .293/.365/.562/164 wRC+ with 39 homers, and posting a 5.1-WAR season despite mostly being a DH. His batted ball data was incredible, too.
Rooker was already under control for three more seasons of arbitration, so the A’s are paying in advance to get two free agent years (ages 33 and 34). That may seem a bit silly for them, but with the move to Las Vegas coming at that time, perhaps they felt they needed a shot at keeping a fan-favorite star on the team through that transition. (Or they just wanted a valuable trade asset.)
As for Rooker, you can’t blame a guy in his unique situation for taking the money when he has a chance. It’s a relatively cheap deal that is going to make him a big-time trade candidate, but it’s also life-changing money for a guy who is already in his 30s. There’s a lot of risk for a guy like that if he opts to go year-to-year in arbitration.
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