{"id":576711,"date":"2026-03-31T17:25:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/576711\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T17:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:25:15","slug":"sources-mariners-minor-leaguer-colt-emerson-reach-95m-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/576711\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Mariners, minor leaguer Colt Emerson reach $95M extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seattle Mariners<\/a> shortstop Colt Emerson<\/a>, who has yet to play in the major leagues, has agreed to an eight-year, $95 million extension, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

According to Spotrac, it’s the largest contract in MLB history for a player with zero service time.<\/p>\n

The deal, which was first reported by FanSided, will be completed Tuesday afternoon. Emerson, 20, will remain at Triple-A Tacoma, where he is hitting 5-for-14 with a home run after his first three games.<\/p>\n

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The extension includes a ninth-year team option as well as full no-trade clause, according to the report, and can reach a maximum value of $130 million.<\/p>\n

Emerson, who is ESPN’s No. 6 prospect for 2026<\/a>, slashed .285\/.383\/.458 with 16 home runs and 78 RBIs at three levels last season, from Class A to Triple-A.<\/p>\n

The 22nd overall pick in the 2023 draft out of an Ohio high school, the left-handed-hitting Emerson had a strong spring training, hitting .268\/.340\/.488 with two home runs while making several excellent plays in the field, cementing the belief that he can be an above-average defender at shortstop.<\/p>\n

PlayerTm.Yrs\/BaseMaxColt EmersonSEA8\/$95M$130MJackson ChourioMIL8\/$82M$140Cooper PrattMIL8\/$50.75MTBDLuis Robert Jr.CWS6\/$50M$88MEloy JimenezCWS6\/$43M$78MAccording to Spotrac<\/p>\n

He’s had strong walk and contact rates in the minors and projects as a 20-home run hitter in the majors, with enough raw power to exceed that total if he learns to lift the ball more often, but more likely to settle in as a high-average hitter with a good on-base percentage.<\/p>\n

While Emerson could hit his way into the majors this season, he’s widely expected to replace J.P. Crawford<\/a> as the regular shortstop in 2027, as Crawford will be a free agent after this season.<\/p>\n

The Mariners also add Emerson to their core of position players locked up to long-term deals: Julio Rodriguez<\/a> is signed through 2023, Cal Raleigh<\/a> through 2030 (with a vesting option for 2031), and Josh Naylor<\/a> through 2030.<\/p>\n

It is the second big contract agreement for a shortstop prospect in as many days after the Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> reportedly agreed to terms<\/a> with Cooper Pratt<\/a> on an eight-year, $50.75 million contract Monday.<\/p>\n

ESPN’s David Schoenfield contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seattle Mariners shortstop Colt Emerson, who has yet to play in the major leagues, has agreed to an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-576711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}