Tyler Soderstrom, Athletics reportedly agree to seven-year, $86M contract originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
The Athletics reportedly have locked up slugger Tyler Soderstrom.
The 24-year-old left fielder and the A’s have agreed to a seven-year, $86 million contract extension, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported Thursday on Christmas Day, adding that the deal includes an eighth-year club option with escalators that max out its value at $131 million.
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It’s quite the Christmas gift for A’s fans and Soderstrom as the largest guarantee in franchise history.
The deal shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise to fans of the Green and Gold, as manager Mark Kotsay recently emphasized the organization’s desire to keep its young core together for the foreseeable future — specifically naming Soderstrom, who took a huge leap in 2025, as part of that group.
“There’s a big effort there to keep this group together, there really is. I know ownership is making that effort…” Kotsay told reporters at the MLB Winter Meetings earlier this month. “If you look at the group prior to this that you could identify as a group you want to move forward with, the group that came together in ‘17 and ‘18 and ‘19 – the resources weren’t there to keep that group together.
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“I think there’s a vision and a future here going forward with this group that we’re able to at least get those opportunities out in front of these players. At the same point, it takes two to come to the table and reach 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 coming on the heels of a campaign where he moved from first base to the outfield and made waves with both his glove and his bat.
In his third MLB season, Soderstrom slashed .276/.323/.431 with 25 home runs and 93 RBI. He also was 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, made way for first baseman Nick Kurtz, who went on to win AL Rookie of the Year.
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With Soderstrom on the A’s to stay, the team’s attention now will turn to extending the rest of its young core.
