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St. Louis Cardinals, OF Stephen Piscotty agree on six-year extension
The St. Louis Cardinals announced they have signed outfielder Stephen Piscotty to a six-year contract extension.
Piscotty's new deal runs through the 2022 season and includes an option for 2023.
According to FanRag Sports, the deal will pay Piscotty $33.5 million.
Piscotty, 26, batted .273 last year with 22 home runs and 85 RBIs. He was 1-for-3 in the Cardinals' season-opening win over the Cubs on Sunday.
Piscotty has just one year and 76 days of service time, meaning he wouldn't have been eligible for arbitration until the completion of the 2018 season and wouldn't have been a free agent until after the 2021 season. He entered the 2017 season playing on a $560,400 contract.
The Cardinals have long viewed Piscotty as a future No. 3 or 4 hitter. They picked him with the No. 36 overall selection of the 2012 draft out of Stanford, and he batted .282 with an .815 OPS and 29 home runs through his first 216 major league games. He also has become an above-average defender and baserunner.
Piscotty's new deal runs through the 2022 season and includes an option for 2023.
According to FanRag Sports, the deal will pay Piscotty $33.5 million.
Piscotty, 26, batted .273 last year with 22 home runs and 85 RBIs. He was 1-for-3 in the Cardinals' season-opening win over the Cubs on Sunday.
Piscotty has just one year and 76 days of service time, meaning he wouldn't have been eligible for arbitration until the completion of the 2018 season and wouldn't have been a free agent until after the 2021 season. He entered the 2017 season playing on a $560,400 contract.
The Cardinals have long viewed Piscotty as a future No. 3 or 4 hitter. They picked him with the No. 36 overall selection of the 2012 draft out of Stanford, and he batted .282 with an .815 OPS and 29 home runs through his first 216 major league games. He also has become an above-average defender and baserunner.