The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to an eight-year, $70 million extension with Ke’Bryan Hayes this week, and Jason Mackey has the details on the contract breakdown.
Ke'Bryan Hayes' contract structure, per source:
2022: $10M
2023: $10M
2024: $7M
2025: $7M
2026: $7M
2027: $7M
2028: $8M
2029: $8M
2030: $12M club option/$6M buyout
$70M guaranteed/$76M possible— Jason Mackey (@JMackeyPG) April 9, 2022
The biggest thing that stands out is how front-loaded this deal is for a young player extension. Under a normal schedule, Hayes would have been making the league minimum for the next two seasons, followed by arbitration for 2024-2026.