21-year-old Venezuelan became the youngest with a $ 100 million contract in MLB

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Atlanta Braves and Ronald Aquunia Jr. have agreed to an eight-year $ 100 million contract to keep Sun Trust Park`s outfitter until the end of the MLS season 2026, ESPN reported. The deal also includes club clauses of $ 17 million for 2027 and 2028 with a $ 10 million redemption fee. The contract turns 21-year-old Venezuelan into the youngest baseball player in history with a guaranteed seven-figure salary. `No, I`m not sorry, ` said Aquunia, `Nobody can see the future, no one knows what will happen tomorrow, so I`m extremely happy with the decision we all took together. ` I`m excited to beI do not think anything will change much, I come from a modest place, La Guatera in Venezuela, I`m proud to be from there, and I`m just planning on continuing to work. `



This is just the second seven-day deal in Atlanta`s club via blog of sport predictions history. So far, the only daredevil player with such a reward was the first base Freddie Freeman, who signed in 2014 for eight seasons against $ 135 million.

Aquunia Jr debuted in the Major League in 2018 and was chosen as a Rookieof the year `after bating on average. 293 with 26 home runs and 64 RBI. The Latin American born on December 18, 1997 became only the seventh player with 25 home runs in one season before he met the American standards. The rest are Mel From, Frank Robinson, Tony Connilyaro, Al-Kalen, Orlando Sepeda and Eddie Matthews. Of them only Connilaro is not a member of the Hall of Fame.



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