{"id":654732,"date":"2026-03-31T16:25:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/654732\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T16:25:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:25:19","slug":"seattle-mariners-colt-emerson-record-deal-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-95m-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/654732\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Mariners’ Colt Emerson record deal: Everything you need to know about the $95M contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Seattle Mariners<\/a> have made a very bold move by signing young shortstop Colt Emerson to a big contract. He is just 20 years old and has not yet played a single game in Major League Baseball, according to the reports by ESPN.<\/a><\/p>\n

The team has given him an 8-year deal worth $95 million. According to Spotrac, this is the biggest contract ever given to a player who has not played in the MLB yet. It also breaks the previous record held by Jackson Chourio of the Milwaukee Brewers.<\/p>\n

Everything we know about the deal<\/p>\n

The deal was first reported by FanSided <\/a>and then by ESPN. This deal is expected to be finalized Tuesday afternoon. According to a reported deal, Emerson will earn $95 million over eight years. The contract also includes an option for a ninth year and bonus clauses that could increase the total value to more than $130 million.<\/p>\n

He also has a full no-trade clause, which gives him strong control and security, even though he has not played in the MLB yet.<\/p>\n

This is only the 10th time a player without any MLB experience has received a long-term deal like this, and it is the biggest one by a large margin.<\/p>\n

However, the deal is not confirmed by the Brewers yet and is not officially confirmed.<\/p>\n

Also Read: MLB opening day 2026: Date, time, how to watch Yankees vs Giants live<\/a><\/p>\n

Who is Colt Emerson?<\/p>\n

According to CBS<\/a>, Emerson was picked 22nd overall in the 2023 MLB Draft from a high school in Ohio. He is now 20 years old and has spent the last few years playing in the minor leagues, where he has performed very well.<\/p>\n

In 227 minor league games, he has a batting line of .288\/.398\/.445, along with 23 home runs, 56 doubles, and 37 stolen bases, according to FanSided. Last season, he hit .285\/.383\/.458 with 16 home runs and 78 RBIs while playing at three different levels, from Class A to Triple-A, according to ESPN.<\/p>\n

Also Read: Tiger Wood car crash: Officials reveal what they found in golf legend’s pocket – all we know about ‘M367’<\/a><\/p>\n

Right now, he is playing at Triple-A Tacoma, where he has started the 2026 season strongly, getting 5 hits in 14 at-bats, including one home run in his first three games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Seattle Mariners have made a very bold move by signing young shortstop Colt Emerson to a big…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":654733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2392],"tags":[5,4024,22897,83701,620,4,58725,83702,619,65,3235],"class_list":["post-654732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-seattle-mariners","tag-baseball","tag-baseball-news","tag-colt-emerson","tag-colt-emerson-deal","tag-mariners","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-contract","tag-mlb-prospect-contract","tag-seattle","tag-seattle-mariners","tag-seattlemariners"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116324723931125115","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/654733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}