All the cool kids seem to be signing long-term deals with their current franchises, avoiding free agency.
Today, it was a Cubs player’s turn, and not the Cubs player you expected:
This part makes this even more interesting:
We don’t have numbers yet, but assuming this doesn’t include Bote’s 2019 pre-arb contract, that’s a five-year deal that could be a seven-year contract if the options are exercised. It means the Cubs are quite confident that Bote is going to become a key contributor over the next few years.
David Bote has played in 78 major-league games and is hitting .