The Milwaukee Brewers are close to signing outfielder Christian Yelich to a seven-year contract extension worth more than $200 million, according to The Atheltic‘s Ken Rosenthal.
Rosenthal reports that the deal will be announced by the team Friday.
The 28-year-old has two years remaining on his current contract, which would see him paid $12.5 million in 2020 and $14 million in 2021, with a $15-million club option in 2022.
The new extension would put him among the highest-paid players in the MLB, with an average annual salary in the range of $30 million to $35 million
Yelich was the runner-up for the 2019 National League MVP, finishing second to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger, after leading the NL with a .329 batting average, .429 on-base percentage and .671 slugging percentage, along with 44 home runs and 97 RBI.
The six-foot-three, 195-pound outfielder captured the NL MVP award the season prior after posting a .326 batting average, .402 on-base percentage and .598 slugging percentage, as well as 36 home runs and 110 RBI.
He is heading into his third season in Milwaukee after spending his first five seasons with the Miami Marlins.
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