MLB: Cristian Javier and Houston Astros agree to contract extension

The current monarchs of the Major League Baseball (MLB), Houston Astroshave secured for the next five campaigns Christian Xavierone of its most outstanding pitchers in the last 2022 tournament. With this extension, the H team keeps the right-hander for the rest of his arbitration years and as well as his first two years in which he could be eligible for free agency.

The new agreement was made official by the general manager of the Astros, Dana Brown who only announced that Javier he will continue with the team until the 2027 season; however, despite not giving the monetary details, according to Mark Feins of MLB.comthe contract will have a value of 64 million dollars.

“Cristian is an outstanding pitcher, so we are very excited to sign him to a long-term contract,” Brown commented, “As the centerpiece of our rotation, we feel he is the perfect candidate for this type of contract. This is in line with our vision of trying to ensure players to maintain our success both now and in the future.”

In three seasons as a pitcher for Houstonthe Dominican has achieved a 3.05 earned run average after participating in 78 games with 44 starts, 304.1 innings pitched where he has been able to strike out 378 batters, achieving a 20-12 record and two games saved.

The most important point for Javier last season it happened in the game 4 from World Series ante Philadelphia Phillieswhen he led the second no-hitter in the history of the Fall Classicwhere he pitched 6.0 shutout innings and prescribed nine chocolates.

The 25-year-old pitcher has established himself season after season as one of the most reliable arms for the Houstonian organization and this 2023 season, after the departure of Justin Verlanderwill have the opportunity to continue showing itself in the stellar planes of the rotation of the Astros.