Tyler Soderstrom and the Athletics reportedly agree to a seven-year contract worth $86 million originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
The Athletics reportedly locked up the slugger Tyler Soderstrom.
The 24-year-old left fielder and the A’s have agreed to a seven-year contract extension worth $86 million, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported Thursday, Christmas Day, adding that the deal includes an eighth-year club option with an escalator that maximizes his value to $131 million.
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It’s quite the Christmas present for A’s and Soderström fans, the greatest guarantee in franchise history.
The deal shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise to Green and Gold fans, as manager Mark Kotsay recently highlighted the organization’s desire to keep its young core together for the foreseeable future — specifically naming Soderstrom, who took a big step forward in 2025, as a member of that group.
“There’s a big effort to keep this group together, there really is. I know the owners are making that effort…” Kotsay told reporters at the MLB winter meetings earlier this month. “If you look at the previous group that you could identify as a group that you wanted to move forward with, the group that came together in ’17, ’18 and ’19 – the resources weren’t there to hold that group together.
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“I think there’s a vision and a future here with this group where we’re able to at least get those opportunities in front of these players. At the same time, it takes two to come to the table and come to that agreement and make that commitment.”
Soderstrom and the A’s appear to have had a great conversation at said table, with the franchise-record deal following a campaign in which he moved from first base to the outfield and made waves with his glove and bat.
In his third MLB season, Soderstrom slashed .276/.323/.431 with 25 home runs and 93 RBIs. He was also an American League Gold Glove finalist for left field after being drafted as a catcher by the Athletics in 2020 and opening the 2025 campaign as the team’s starting first baseman.
Soderstrom’s move to the outfield proved beneficial and, of course, paved the way for first baseman Nick Kurtz, who continued to win AL Rookie of the Year.
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With Soderstrom on the A’s to stay, the team’s attention will now turn to expanding the rest of its young core.
