Athletics sign young star to record-breaking $86 million deal: reports

The Athletics reportedly gave 1 of their young stars a precise bully Christmas present. 

The Athletics and near fielder Tyler Soderstrom agreed to a seven-year, $86 cardinal declaration connected Thursday, according to aggregate reports. 

The declaration is the largest the squad has ever fixed out. The woody besides includes an eighth-year nine enactment and has escalators that bring the maximum worth of the declaration to $131 million. 

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Athletics near fielder Tyler Soderstrom (21) reacts aft hitting a location tally against the Houston Astros successful the seventh inning astatine Sutter Health Park successful West Sacramento, California, connected Sept. 24, 2025. (Cary Edmondson/Imagn Images)

Soderstrom, 24, broke retired successful 2025. He debuted successful 2023 arsenic a catcher and archetypal baseman, and struggled to deed successful his archetypal sensation of Major League Baseball, hitting .160 with conscionable 3 location runs and a .472 OPS (on-base positive slugging percentage) successful 45 games. 

The Turlock, Calif., autochthonal came backmost up to the large leagues successful 2024 and was overmuch better. In 61 games, Soderstrom had a .233 batting mean with 9 location runs, 26 RBI and a .743 OPS portion inactive chiefly playing archetypal base. 

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Athletics near fielder Tyler Soderstrom (21) reacts aft being caught stealing 2nd during the 3rd inning against the Houston Astros astatine Sutter Health Park successful West Sacramento, California, connected Sept. 23, 2025. (Sergio Estrada/Imagn Images)

In 2025, Soderstrom played chiefly near tract and thrived astatine the plate. He started 145 of the 158 games helium played this twelvemonth — 100 of those starts successful near tract — his archetypal afloat large league season.

In those 158 games, helium batted .276 with 25 location runs and 93 RBI with an OPS of .820, cementing himself arsenic a cardinal portion of the Athletics’ young core. 

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Athletics near fielder Tyler Soderstrom (21) scores a tally during the 5th inning against the Kansas City Royals astatine Sutter Health Park successful West Sacramento, California, connected Sept. 26, 2025. (Sergio Estrada/Imagn Images)

Soderstrom was connected way to go eligible for arbitration aft the 2026 play and for escaped bureau aft the 2029 season. Instead, helium joins outfielder/designated hitter Brent Rooker (five-year, $60 cardinal contract) and outfielder Lawrence Butler (seven-year, $65.5 cardinal contract) arsenic different portion of the young, dynamic lineup that is locked successful agelong term. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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