Lawrence Butler voltiseur has accepted a $ 65.5 million over seven -year contract with athletics, said a person who has a direct negotiation knowledge, the last large -scale agreement for a team suddenly spent as it is preparing to play three seasons in a minor league stadium.
The agreement includes a team option for 2032 and was subject to a successful physique, said the person, addressing the Associated Press subject to anonymity because the contract has not been completed.
Butler, a 24 -year -old who was a sixth round choice in the 2018 amateur draft, entered last season with only 53 days of major leagues service. He was on the alignment of the opening of Oakland, but was then demoted to Triple-A Las Vegas on May 14 after reaching .179 with seven produced points in his first 41 games.
It was recalled on June 18 and beat. 291 during the rest of the season, ending with an average of .262, 22 circuits and 18 stolen bases.
Butler won $ 627,000 last season as part of a fraction contract which paid at the rate of the minimum of $ 740,000 in major leagues and $ 121,826 in minors. He was on the right track to be eligible for wage arbitration after the 2026 season and the free agency after the World Series 2029.
After finishing with the lowest payroll in the major leagues for three consecutive seasons, they became a large space before the 2025 campaign, the first of at least three in the Sutter health park of West Sacramento. In addition to Butler, they signed the shot / voltiger designated Brent rooker to a contract of $ 60 million over five years and the right -hander Luis Severino to a contract of $ 67 million over three years.
For the first time since the start of the current collective agreement in 2022, the A must receive 100% of the amount due under the income sharing formula. If the pay of the luxury tax of a team is not at least 150% of what it receives in the sharing of income, the burden of proof in a grievance alleging a violation of the rules for sharing income would move to the club of the association of players.
The club also announced Marc Badain as a new president of the team.
There could be additional details of A when the club participates in a press conference in Las Vegas, where team officials aim to innovate on their stadium this spring.
