The second year 2B has signed a deal to keep him in San Diego for a while.
Back in 2012, the Padres signed 3 young players to contract extensions that bought out their arbitration years. Since then the Padres have been much quieter on that front only giving out smaller deals to pre-free agency players like Will Venable and Chris Denorfia. Today the club showed that they are not gun shy about locking up a young, talented player well before he hits free agency.
There are still more details to come, but here is what we know via twitter news sources:
Big announcement coming at 1:30 this afternoon. Stay tuned for details...
— San Diego Padres (@Padres) April 14, 2014Sources: The Padres have agreed to terms with second baseman Jedd Gyorko on a multi-year extension. Will be announced today.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) April 14, 2014Padres agree to six-year extension with @JGyorko05 plus an option. Announcement later today
— keithlaw (@keithlaw) April 14, 2014Gyorko deal with #Padres covers one pre-arb year, three arb years and one FA year. It also includes a club option for a seventh season.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) April 14, 2014Source: Jedd Gyorko gets $35M guaranteed on 6-year extension with #Padres
— Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) April 14, 2014Source: Gyorko option for seventh year is worth $13M. #Padres
— Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) April 14, 2014Jedd Gyorko extension is five years, $35M starting next season. Breakdown: $2M, $4M, $6M, $9M, $13M with $1M buyout on $13M option for 2020.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) April 14, 2014