Historic Contract Signed by Stanton; Will Stay with Marlins unlit 2027

Courtesy of mlb.com

By Francisco Romero. – By signing a 13-year $325 million contract, to play with the Miami Marlins, Giancarlo Stanton made history.  The contract became the longest and most lucrative ever in Major League Baseball.

“We have reached a long term agreement to keep Giancarlo in a Marlins uniform for a long time to come and hopefully for his entire career,” said Marlins’ owner and CEO Jeffrey Loria during a press conference.  “Our goal was to start fresh with this team.  What we had to do a couple of years ago was necessary, wasn’t popular, but we had to do it.  We wanted to create a long term system around young players who would build their entire career with us,” he added.

This season, Stanton led the National League in home runs (37), slugging percentage (.555) and total bases (299), and went on to garner a second-place finish in National League Most Valuable Player balloting by the Baseball Writers Association of America. On October 25, Stanton was named the NL’s recipient of the Hank Aaron Award, given to the top offensive performer in each League, and two weeks later won his first Silver Slugger Award. Additionally, his peers voted Stanton as the Players Choice Award winner as the NL’s Outstanding Player.

“This is one step to some building blocks that we need here.  We’ve had some bumps in the road and that’s baseball.  It takes some time and patience and we are in the right direction.  This is for the City of Miami, this is for newfound confidence and trust,” said Stanton during the press conference.

Stanton is currently tied for the Marlins all-time lead in home runs (154) and owns the Club record for most multi-home run games (13). For his career, Stanton owns a .271 average (619×2288) with 350 runs, 138 doubles, 154 home runs, 399 RBI, a .364 OBP, a .540 SLG and a .903 OPS in 634 games.