Brewers' Ryan Braun extended through 2020

Topdawg13 · Apr 21, 2011

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Left fielder Ryan Braun signed a $105 million, five-year contract extension with the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday.

The deal is the longest commitment to a player in Brewers franchise history and is in addition to the $45 million, eight-year deal Braun signed in May 2008 -- still the largest deal ever (total and average annual value) signed by a player with less than one year of service time.

Braun has been elected to start in each of the past three All-Star Games and is one of just five players in history to hit 125 homers and post a .300 batting average in the first four seasons of his career.

Braun gets a $10 million signing bonus and will make salaries of $19 million in each of 2016, 2017 and 2018; $18 million in 2019; and $16 million in 2020. The mutual option for 2021 is worth up to $20 million, with a $4 million buyout.

The contract's average annual value of $21 million is the second-highest ever for an outfielder after Manny Ramirez's two-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Braun's newest deal includes a no-trade provision, and he will defer some of his salary.

Braun signed a $45 million, seven-year extension in 2008 after winning the NL Rookie of the Year in 2007, which was the largest contract ever by a player with less than one year of service time.

Braun is now guaranteed $145.5 million from this season through the end of the extension.
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