The Los Angeles Dodgers plan to have Will Smith behind the plate for a very long time.
The team announced Wednesday that it signed Smith to a 10-year, $140 million contract extension. Smith is set to be tied to the Dodgers through his age-38 season.
The deal is the third-largest ever for a catcher by total value, behind only Joe Mauer's eight-year, $184 million contract with the Minnesota Twins and Buster Posey's nine-year, $167 million contract with the San Francisco Giants. It has a relatively low $14 million average annual value, though, which figures to help the team keep its competitive balance tax bill down over the next few years.