On Monday, the Royals signed Bobby Witt Jr. to an eleven-year, $288.7 million contract that includes three years of club options that could total up to $377 million over 14 years, with player opt outs after years seven, eight, nine, and ten. It is a massive deal, by far the biggest in club history and potentially the third biggest in baseball history behind only Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout.
Owner John Sherman was happy to announce the signing.
“We are extraordinarily proud to announce an historic deal with a very special player,” Royals CEO/chairman John Sherman, who bought the team in 2019, said in a statement.