Shortly after a mysterious tweet from Mark Saxon this morning warned us of “big news” coming from the St. Louis Cardinals, Jon Mozeliak and Kolten Wong sat down for a press conference announcing an extension for the young second baseman.
The two parties have agreed to a guaranteed five year deal that will cover all of Wong’s arbitration years and buy out at least one of his free agent seasons. Additionally, there’s a club option for a sixth year. Assuming that it begins in 2017, the contract could potentially take the young second baseman through his age 31 season, although those details have yet to be released.