San Diego announces 14-year contract with Tatis Jr. [오피셜]

Maekyung.com MK Sports (Tampa, USA) Correspondent Kim Jae-ho

The San Diego Padres have announced an extension of their contract with leading shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr., 22.

The Padres club announced on the 23rd (Korean time) that it had agreed to a 14-year contract with Tatis Jr. under the name of AJ Preller. This contract is in effect until 2034.

The size of the contract is not disclosed, but according to local media, it is a super-large contract that costs $340 million.

According to local media such as’MLB.com’, the annual salary starts at $1 million in 2021 and increases gradually. In 2024, it exceeds $10 million in annual salary at 11 million dollars, and from 2029 to 2034, he receives 36 million dollars each year. This included a down payment of $10 million and a refusal to trade against all groups.

Tatis Jr. debuted in the major leagues in the 2019 season, ranked 3rd in the National League Rookie of the Year vote, and has become a star player in the 2020 season. In 59 games, batting average of 0.277, OBP 0.366 slugging average of 0.571, 17 homers and 45 RBIs, ranked 4th in the MVP Voting and won the Silver Slugger.

In the 2020 season, he climbed home runs, scored 2nd, RBI, stolen base 4th, nut hitting 5th (128), and long hit 6th (30). The batting fire rate (95.9 miles), the strike rate (62.2%), and the number of hitting fast balls over 95 miles (102) all ranked first in the Major League. He was selected as the Player of the Month from July to August, and the Player of the Week on August 10th.

He played an active part in the postseason with a batting average of 0.318 (7 hits in 22 at-bats), two doubles, two home runs, and five RBIs. On October 1st, he recorded two homers in the St. Louis Cardinals and the Wildcard series, setting the youngest postseason home run in the club’s history at the age of 21 and 273. In addition, he became the third youngest player to record a multi-home run in a postseason match after Andrew Jones (19 years old, 180 days) and Carlos Correa (21 years old and 20 days old).

He made his debut in the big leagues at the opening game of the 2019 season and set a record for the club’s youngest opening game at the age of 20 years and 85 days. On August 8 of that year, he scored his 22nd home run against the Colorado Rockies, the most home run among major league shortstops under the age of 21. In addition, in the modern baseball era after the 1900s, he became a player who simultaneously recorded 30 homers and 20 steals in the first 100 games of his career.

Born in the Dominican Republic, the Padres signed James Shields for the Chicago White Sox in June 2016. [email protected]

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