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MESA, Ariz. — Outfielder Lawrence Butler and the Athletics have finalized a $65.5 million, seven-year contract, another major investment for a team preparing to spend three seasons playing in a temporary minor league home. The deal includes a team option for 2032 that could make the contract worth $81.5 million and escalators that could increase the value to $87.5 million. A 24-year-old who was a sixth-round pick in the 2018 amateur draft, Butler was on Oakland's opening-day roster last year, as demoted to Triple-A Las Vegas for a month and finished with a .262 average, 22 homers and 18 stolen bases.
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Athletics right fielder Lawrence Butler shouts runs to catch a fly ball hit by Cincinnati Reds' Jeimer Candelario during the second inning of a spring training baseball game, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Mesa, Ariz. - AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
