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MLB Information: Brent Rooker, Athletics Reportedly Conform to 5-Yr, $60M Contract

Taylyn Hadley January 7, 2025 Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images Oakland Athletics and slugger Brent Rooker have reached a new agreement on a contract worth $60 million over five years, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The contract features a sixth-year option worth $22 million, which could increase based on performance. The 30-year-old designated hitter

MLB Information: Brent Rooker, Athletics Reportedly Conform to 5-Yr, $60M Contract

Taylyn HadleyJanuary 7, 2025

OAKLAND, CA - SEPTEMBER 22:  Brent Rooker #25 of the Oakland Athletics bats during the game against the New York Yankees at the Oakland Coliseum on September 22, 2024 in Oakland California. The Yankees defeated the Athletics 7-4. (Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

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Oakland Athletics and slugger Brent Rooker have reached a brand new settlement on a contract price $60 million over 5 years, sources instructed ESPN’s Jeff Passan.

The contract encompasses a sixth-year choice price $22 million, which might enhance based mostly on efficiency.

The 30-year-old designated hitter recorded 39 house runs and drove in 112 RBI with a .293 batting common through the A’s 69-93 season final yr.

The A’s have been aiming to safe Rooker’s contract extension in early December, with basic supervisor David Forst noting “good dialogue” from his agent throughout preliminary discussions, in accordance with MLB’s Martín Gallegos.

The Athletic’s supervisor, Mark Kotsay, additionally steered that the group was prioritizing re-signing Rooker to a possible contract extension.

“He is fairly unbelievable,” Kotsay mentioned of Rooker after the group’s ultimate sport of the season, per Gallegos. “We do not discuss sufficient in regards to the perseverance of this child’s profession. So long as it took him to discover a house and set up himself as a centerpiece to an offense, it is fairly exceptional for him to place collectively two seasons the way in which he has. I am trying ahead to the longer term for him right here.”

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