Ronald Acuna Jr and Brent Rooker both signed before they completed their arbitration years. (Souce: Getty Images)
Brent Rooker extended his stay with the Athletics. The outfielder signed a five-year $60 million deal with the organization that will keep him at the club till the 2029 season. Some feel that he is being underpaid because of his production in the last two years but Reds Hall of Famer Sean Casey thinks otherwise.
As per Casey on The Mayor's Office podcast, Rooker's deal mirrors that of Ronald Acuna Jr.'s contract with the Atlanta Braves. After a super rookie season in 2018 when he won the NL Rookie of the Year award, Acuna signed an eight-year $100 million extension with the Braves.
Casey says that while Ronald Acuna could have waited out for a few years and then signed as a free agent, where he could have earned contracts worth more than $600 million, it was improbable for a 21-year-old to let go of the '120 million' in front of him. Casey gets his facts wrong, misquoting the contract to be worth $120 million instead of the $100 million, the Dominican was actually offered.
