Sources: Braves, Acuna finalizing $100M deal

Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. and the team are finalizing an eight-year, $100 million contract extension, league sources tell ESPN.

The deal includes a $10 million buyout on two options that are worth $17 million each.

The new contract starts this year. Acuna was making $560,000 this season.

The 21-year-old won the National League Rookie of the Year award last season, batting .293 with 26 home runs and 64 RBIs.

Acuna will be the youngest player to receive a $100 million contract. The team now has him through his age-30 season.

He was one of only seven players with 25 home runs in a season before turning 21 (but the fastest to reach the mark, in 92 games), along with Mel Ott, Frank Robinson, Tony Conigliaro, Al Kaline, Orlando Cepeda and Eddie Mathews. Only Conigliaro is not in the Hall of Fame.

Acuna was set to become an unrestricted free agent in 2024.

The Braves originally signed Acuna out of Venezuela when he was 16, as an international free agent. He was ranked as Keith Law’s No. 1 prospect heading into last season.