‘Postseason hero’ Javier signs a 5-year, 81.2 billion won ‘extension contract’ with Houston

Last year, Christian Javier, who played a big role in the major league postseason in American professional baseball, signed an extension contract with Houston.

On the 13th (Korean time), the Houston team announced that they had signed a five-year contract extension with Javier. ESPN quoted sources and said that the contract size is 64 million dollars 먹튀검증 for 5 years.

Javier takes $2 million as a down payment. The annual salary this year and next year is $3 million and $7 million, respectively. By 2025 he will earn a salary of $10 million. Salary for 2026 and 2027 is $21 million. Separately, it is known that there is a bonus based on the results of the Cy Young Award voting and the right to refuse trade for 10 teams in 2026 and 2027.

A native of the Dominican Republic, Javier made his big league debut in 2020. He went 20-12 with an earned run average of 3.05 over the three years until last year. In the meantime, he played as a bullpen pitcher before taking the starting job in April of last year. Javier went 11-9 with a 2.54 ERA last year.

He performed particularly well in the postseason. He started Game 3 of the American League Championship Series against the New York Yankees last year and pitched scoreless pitches in 5⅓ innings, leading the team to a 5-0 victory.

He also started Game 4 of the World Series against Philadelphia and showed a perfect pitch with no hits and no runs. He took the mound in three postseason games last year and played 12⅔ innings, achieving excellent results with 2 wins and no losses and an earned run average of 0.71.

Javier will participate in the World Baseball Classic (WBC) in March as a member of the Dominican Republic national team.

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