On Tuesday, the Pittsburgh Pirates made it official.
In accordance with ESPN’s Jeff Passan, they prolonged former 2021 All-Star Bryan Reynolds to an eight-year, $106.75 million contract extension. The deal ought to ideally preserve the 28-year-old in Pittsburgh till the 2030s.
However the prospects of Reynolds’ extension had the Pirates lastly making some franchise historical past. He can be their first-ever participant to signal a contract value at the least $100 million.
After Pittsburgh broke this new floor, that leaves simply three squads who’ve by no means rostered a participant of at the least $100 million. Three squads who could have made the occasional supply however couldn’t fairly seal the deal and who in any other case have maybe by no means put themselves on the market lengthy sufficient.
The Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, and Kansas Metropolis Royals.
Whereas I’d wish to say it’s wholly unrelated, it won’t be unrelated that the White Sox, Athletics, and Royals personal three of the 4 worst data in all of baseball proper now. From this respect, Kansas Metropolis and Oakland are extra comprehensible — they have two of the lowest total payrolls in the MLB.
The White Sox, nonetheless, are in 14th, regardless of not having a participant with a minimal $100 million contract. Who’s going to interrupt the $100 million seal subsequent? Perhaps it’s in regards to the franchise that may first have a participant really value that form of cash. On that notice: Let’s not maintain our breath.
