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Athletics Keep Spending, Lock Up Slugging DH Brent Rooker Long-Term
The A's lock up slugging DH Rooker - a true bat-only player - for five years, $60 million. The key question - is he a hit-before-power or a power-before hit guy?
Brent Rooker and Athletics finalize a $60 million, 5-year contract
Brent Rooker and the Athletics finalized a $60 million, five-year contract Wednesday for the designated hitter and outfielder, a deal that could be worth up to $92 million over six seasons if he regularly finishes high in MVP voting.
A’s lock in Brent Rooker with $60 million contract extension as surprise spending spree continues
The A’s are opening their wallets on the way out of Oakland. The team agreed to a five-year, $60 million contract extension with slugger Brent Rooker on Monday night, The Posts
A’s Sign Brent Rooker To Five-Year Extension
As shown on MLBTR’s Contract Tracker, Rooker becomes the first A’s player to sign a five-year deal since the club extended starting pitcher Trevor Cahill for $30.5MM in 2011. It’s the team’s second investment for $60MM+ this winter.
Sources: Brent Rooker reaches 5-year, $60M extension with A's
Designated hitter Brent Rooker and the Oakland Athletics are in agreement on a five-year, $60 million contract extension, sources told ESPN, continuing a winter of uncharacteristic spending with a long-term deal for the late-blooming slugger.
A's, Brent Rooker Agree to Extension
With Brent Rooker in Sacramento to take in some of the sights of the new city he will be playing in for the next three or four seasons, it has been reported by
Brent Rooker extension: Slugger agrees to five-year, $60 million deal with Athletics, per report
Brent Rooker has agreed to a five-year, $60 million extension with the Athletics, according to The Athletic. The 30-year-old DH/outfielder broke out with the A's after bouncing around several organizations until he landed in Oakland in 2023.
MLB Tonight on Brent Rooker's contract extension
MLB Tonight discusses Brent Rooker's five-year contract extension with the A's and the outlook for the AL West heading into 2025
Oakland Athletics outfielder Brent Rooker signs franchise record five-year, $60M extension
Oakland Athletics’ slugger Brent Rooker has agreed to a five-year, $60 million contract extension with the organization.  Sources told ESPN that Rooker’s deal includes a sixth-year vesting option worth $22 million;
Athletics Sign Brent Rooker to Largest Contract Extension in Franchise History
The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal reported Monday night that slugger Brent Rooker agreed to sign a five-year contract extension worth $60 million. Per Jon Heyman of The New York Post, the deal includes a $10 million signing bonus and can be worth up to $92 million over six years if incentives are met.
Athletics agree to terms with DH/OF Brent Rooker on five-year contract extension
The Athletics have agreed to terms with designated hitter/outfielder Brent Rooker on a five-year contract through the 2029 season, with a club option for 2030. Rooker, 30, batted .293 with 39 home runs and 112 RBI in 145 games for the A’s in 2024.
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Details of Brent Rooker's Contract Extension with Athletics
In 2027, Brent Rooker will double his 2026 salary and make a nice $12 million. Then in 2028, it'll only go up to $13 million. Finally, to round off the guaranteed part of his contract, he'll make ...
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Rooker's extension the result of determination during 'whirlwind' journey
Two years ago around this time, just a few weeks before the start of Spring Training, Brent Rooker picked up his phone and called his agent Dustin Bledsoe to weigh on a thought to potentially explore ...