Geraldo Perdomo agrees 4 years for $ 45 million with D-backs, say sources

Paracorto Geraldo Perdomo and the Arizona Diamondbacks reach an agreement for 4 years and 45 million dollars, sources told AM850

THE CAMPOCORT Geraldo Perdomo and the Arizona Diamondbacks They reached a agreement About one Contract extension by four years and 45 million dollarswhich includes a Club option for 2030, Sources said to AM850 On Monday, ensuring All-Star with an agreement that deepens the already solid nucleus of Arizona.

The contract begins in the 2026 season and keeps Perdomo, 25, under the control of the club until season 2030. He will receive a signature bonus of 5 million dollars This year and will win $ 5 million in 2026, $ 8 million in 2027, $ 11 million in 2028 and $ 13 million in 2029the sources said. The option It is for 15 million dollars With one Disaddy of $ 3 million.

Perdomo, who signed with the diamondbacks for $ 70,000 in 2016 and will receive a salary of $ 2.55 million in addition to his bonus to sign this year, shook a difficult rookie season in which he hit .195/.285/.262 to perform A vital role in its national league flag and be part of the All-Star team in 2023.

Although it appeared in just 98 games last season, Perdomo hit .273/.344/.374 with total strikeouts of strikeouts and was a strong defensive presence in the middle.

With a scheduled pard to reach the free agency after the 2027 season, Arizona promised him in the long term despite his main prospect, Jordan Lawlar, also plays as a campocorto.

Perdomo is not a threat of power-it has 14 home runs in 1,420 appearances on the plate in his career-but he has an excellent discipline on the plate and ball skills. Its 11% ball base rate places it in 46 of the 303 players with at least 1,000 appearances to the dish since 2021, and its strike rate of 17.8% places it in 69th place. Throughout their career , Perdomo has hit .235/.327/.330 with 125 ranked races and 34 bases stolen in 401 games.

Perdomo joins a nucleus of the Diamondbacks that includes the gardener Corbin Carroll (signed until 2031), the starter Corbin Burnes (2030), the second base Ketel Mars (2028), the left -handed Jr. (2027). The receiver Gabriel Moreno, the right pitcher Brandon Pfaadt, the Jake McCarthy and Alek Thomas gardeners and reliever Justin Martínez have at least four more years of club control.

Among the Diamondbacks that could reach the free agency after this season are the launches Zac Gallen and Merrill Kelly, the first base Josh Naylor, the third base Eugenio Suárez and the left -handed Jordan Montgomery.

In the competitive west division of the National League, Diamondbacks are widely considered as the second best team behind Los Angeles Dodgers, whom they eliminated from the postseason of 2023 during their career towards the World Series.