After starving his fan base of talented players for years, team owner John Fisher is suddenly willing to hand out the largest contract in franchise history upon leaving Oakland.
This piece is part of our Hot Stove Takes series, where staff members will give quick reactions to the latest MLB transactions.marks the largest contract in franchise history, narrowly outpacing the six years and $66 million extension Eric Chavez signed in 2004 and more than doubling the previous high for a free agent, Billy Butler's three years for $30 million from ’15.
And if you're going to ask a major leaguer to play in a minor league stadium, you're going to have to overpay. I can't believe I'm saying this, but good on owner John Fisher for shelling out some money here to try to improve his roster. There was just one player on the A’s roster last season to earn more than $3 million. Severino’s deal has an average yearly value of just over $22 million. That’s how drastic a shift this signing is for the A’s.
But the A’s have lots of needs to fill—as they have for years!—and suddenly paying up to address this specific one in such a big way is puzzling. And that’s putting it lightly.
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