Tigers shortstop Javier Báez unsurprisingly decided to opt in for the final four years of his contract on Monday, during which he’ll make a staggering $98 million, according to Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press.
Báez, who signed a six-year, $140 million contract with Detroit ahead of the ’22 season, did not exercise the opt-out clause in the deal, which was active after the ’23 campaign.
As such, Báez is due to make $25 million in each of the next two years and $24 million in each of the two subsequent seasons. He’s officially under contract through the ’27 campaign, his age-34 season.
