SAN DIEGO — The baseball players in the $300 million contract club have one obvious thing in common, but prior to this week’s MLB Winter Meetings, they shared something else, too: They all put pen to paper in their 20s.
All 10 of MLB's $300 million hitters played at least two seasons of those deals in their 20s. But Aaron Judge, who reportedly has a nine-year, $360 million agreement in place with the New York Yankees, is about to Kool-Aid Man his way right through that perceived barrier.
Unsurprisingly, all of the $300 million deals in baseball history are recent and ongoing, the earliest being Giancarlo Stanton’s extension signed in November 2014.