Tyler Soderstrom’s biggest contract was reported on Christmas Day 2025: seven years, $86 million from the Athletics, per CBS Sports, which cited ESPN. It is the largest guaranteed deal the franchise has given anyone.
Then his 2026 went sideways: a left hip problem sent him to the injured list more than once and ended his season in August. This is a profile of a bet and how its first season went.
The Money
CBS Sports reports the base at $86 million over seven years. By our arithmetic that is about $12.3 million a year. The Turlock Journal reports it runs through the 2032 season with a club option for 2033, and that performance and award escalators could raise the total to $131 million.
It beat the old franchise record, Luis Severino’s three-year, $67 million deal signed the winter before, per CBS Sports. CBS Sports adds that Soderstrom had already been under team control through 2029, so the extension buys years he was not yet owed.
We could not find year-by-year salaries, the signing bonus, the option buyout, or which escalators apply. Anything we say about the structure beyond the headline figures would be a guess.
The Season That Earned It
Soderstrom was the 26th pick in the 2020 draft, per the Turlock Journal. He debuted on July 14, 2023, and entering the extension had a career line of .250 with a .754 OPS, 37 home runs and 126 RBI in 264 games, per the Turlock Journal.
His 2025 was the jump: 158 games, .276/.346/.474, 25 home runs and 93 RBI, the team lead, per the Turlock Journal and Wikipedia. He also moved to left field and was a Gold Glove finalist there, per the Turlock Journal, which cites 10 defensive runs saved.
What 2026 Did To The Bet
His 2026 line was .245/.338/.472 with 19 home runs and 56 RBI in 109 games, per Wikipedia and TSN. The slugging held up. The average did not, and the games lost were the real cost.
The cause was a left hip impingement. TSN reports he came back from the injured list on July 8, struggled, and returned to the list on Sunday, August 16. After a visit to a hip specialist in Los Angeles, manager Mark Kotsay said that Tuesday that surgery would follow that Friday, ending the season, per TSN. NBC Sports and Newsweek carry the same story.
The Athletics were already out of the race, so the cost fell mostly on Soderstrom, not the standings. We found no report that the surgery has been completed, and we found no recovery timetable.
The Pattern Across Town
Soderstrom was not the only young Athletics core player to take a long-term deal and then get hurt. Shortstop Jacob Wilson signed a seven-year, $70 million extension on January 30, 2026, per CBS Sports and ABC7, and a left shoulder injury ended his season too, per NBC Sports. A long extension is a bet on the next seven years, not the one in progress, and the guaranteed money is what protects the player when that year goes wrong.
What We Don’t Know
There is no reliable net-worth figure for Tyler Soderstrom, and we won’t invent one. We could not confirm the contract’s annual structure or his recovery timeline. For where this deal sits among the sport’s biggest, see the 2026 Sports Contracts Tracker.
Frequently Asked
How much is Tyler Soderstrom's Athletics extension worth?
Seven years and $86 million, the largest guaranteed contract in Athletics history, per CBS Sports, which cited ESPN when the deal was reported on December 25, 2025. Performance and award escalators could raise the total to $131 million, per CBS Sports and the Turlock Journal. By our arithmetic the base is about $12.3 million a year.
How long does the deal run?
Through the 2032 season, with a club option for 2033, per the Turlock Journal. CBS Sports says he had been under team control through 2029 before the deal.
Whose record did it break?
Luis Severino's three-year, $67 million contract, per CBS Sports.
What happened to Soderstrom in 2026?
He hit .245 with 19 home runs and 56 RBI in 109 games, per TSN. A left hip impingement put him on the injured list on August 16, and he was set for season-ending surgery that week, per TSN. It was not his first stint on the injured list for the hip, per TSN.
What is Tyler Soderstrom's net worth?
No outlet this site trusts has published a reliable figure, so we don't give one. What is documented is the $86 million extension.