The Houston Astros have locked up yet another key member of their 2017 World Series team. Third baseman Alex Bregman has reportedly agreed to a five-year, $100 million extension to remain with the Astros, according to Mark Berman of Fox 26. [Best bracket wins $1M: Enter our Best Bracket Millionaire contest for free now!] The deal will cover the three years Bregman would have been eligible for arbitration and two additional seasons. Bregman is already under contract in 2019. This extension kicks in next season. Under his previous contract, Bregman would have been a free agent following the 2022 season. The new deal keeps him with the Astros through the 2024 season. After being selected by the Astros with the second pick in the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, Bregman worked his way to the majors in 2016 and hasn’t looked back. Since his debut in 2016, Bregman has managed to increase his numbers every season. He hit .286/.394/.532, with 31 home runs, in 705 plate appearances with the team in 2018. Alex Bregman is staying in Houston. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images) Bregman is not the only player from the Astros’ core to sign a long-term deal. The club also inked second baseman Jose Altuve to a five-year, $151 million deal prior to the 2018 season. The deal also comes at a time where talented, young MLB players signing mega extensions are becoming the norm. In February, the Colorado Rockies signed third baseman Nolan Arenado to an eight-year, $260 million deal. Earlier Tuesday, the Los Angeles Angels announced a 12-year, $430 million extension with star outfielder Mike Trout. Compared to those deals, Bregman should be considered a bargain. By fWAR, Bregman was better than Arenado in 2018. He’s also three years younger, which means he should put up prime production much longer. The move does give Bregman the opportunity for another mega contract in the future. By the time his new deal is over, Bregman will be 30 years old. If he can continue to produce like a superstar, he’ll have plenty of suitors on the free-agent market. Story continues Until then, Bregman will help deliver on a promise he made shortly after the Astros won the World Series in 2017. While the city of Houston was still celebrating the win, Bregman promised “a lot of these.” He’ll have plenty of time to come through on that promise now. - - - - - - - Chris Cwik is a writer for Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at christophercwik@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @Chris_Cwik More from Yahoo Sports:<doc-sep>EMBED >More News Videos Astros officially lock up Alex Bregman with extension WEST PALM BEACH, Florida -- Alex Bregman's decision to sign a long-term contract with the Houston Astros was not impacted by the second slow free-agent market. "I wanted to play here," the third baseman said Friday after the team announced a $100 million, five-year contract covering 2020-24. "I didn't want to play anywhere else. I wanted to be in orange and blue for as long as I possibly can. I love this organization. I want to win here for a long time. "Selected by Houston with the second overall pick in the 2015 amateur draft, Bregman debuted with the Astros in July 2016 and helped Houston win its first World Series title in 2017.His contract was renewed this month by the Astros for a major league salary of $640,500 this year. The new deal includes a $10 million signing bonus, half payable within 30 days of the agreement's approval by the commissioner's office and the rest within 90 days' of approval.Bregman gets salaries of $11 million annually from 2020-22 and $28.5 million in both 2023 and '24. His salaries in the final two years can increase based on MVP finish earlier in the deal. They would go up by $1.5 million for first place, $750,000 for second and $500,000 for third, and by $2 million if he wins 2020 and '21. If he wins MVP in '21 or '22 and again in '23, his 2024 salary would rise by $2 million.He also gets the ability in 2023 and '24 to designate 10 teams he cannot be traded to without his consent. "We thought he had chance to get to the big leagues pretty quickly and we thought he had a chance to be a pretty special big league player - and we were right," Houston general manager Jeff Luhnow said.Bregman first approached Luhnow about a long-term deal after last season. His agent, Brodie Scoffield, met with Astros representatives at the general managers' meetings and the winter meetings, then gained pace during spring training.He would have been eligible for salary arbitration next winter after for free agency after the 2022 season. "For us to get two years of Alex's free agency in his prime is real value to us," Luhnow said. "For him to give that up was a sacrifice for him. On the flip side, we're going to commit some resources to him over the next six years that he'll be able to go out and play and not worry about arbitration, not worry about free agency - at least not for a while. And then we'll have this discussion again in about four or five years. "An All-Star in 2018 when he led the league with 51 doubles, the 24-year-old Bregman has displayed a penchant for the big hit.Luhnow said he called Bregman's tying home run off Boston's Chris Sale in the eighth inning of the 2017 AL Division Series Game 4 finale and his game-ending 10th-inning single against the Los Angeles Dodgers' Kenley Jansen in Game 5 of that year's World Series. "Two moments that are, in my mind, some of the top moments in my baseball life and Astros baseball franchise history," Luhnow said.<doc-sep>The Houston Astros and star third baseman Alex Bregman have reportedly agreed on a five-year, $100-million contract extension, according to Brian McTaggart of MLB.com. Bregman's new deal will reportedly buy out his three arbitration-eligible years through 2022, and his first two years of free agency through 2024. The contract is believed to be the second-highest deal given to a pre-arb player since Mike Trout signed a six-year, $144-million pact with the Los Angeles Angels in 2014. The reported agreement will also be tied for the second-highest contract in club history, trailing only Jose Altuve's five-year, $151-million deal signed last March. Bregman recently voiced his disappointment with the renewal process for pre-arbitration players when he was only given a $41,500 raise earlier in March after a terrific 2018 season. The 24-year-old is coming off a campaign that saw him slash .286/.394/.532 with 31 home runs and 103 RBIs. He made the All-Star team for the first time and finished fifth in AL MVP voting. In addition to reportedly locking up Bregman, the Astros made another move on Tuesday, finalizing a two-year, $17.5-million contract extension with reliever Ryan Pressly, according to reports. Houston finished first in the AL West last season with a 103-59 record before the Boston Red Sox knocked them out of the playoffs in the ALCS.<doc-sep>
All-Star third baseman Alex Bregman has agreed to a six-year, $100 million contract extension with the Houston Astros, a source confirmed to ESPN. With Bregman not eligible for free agency until after the 2022 season, the deal, which kicks in this season, buys out his first two years of free agency as well as his arbitration years. Alex Bregman AL Ranks in 2018 XBH 83 2nd OBP .394 4th RBI 103 T-5th TB 316 T-5th >>Finished 5th in AL MVP voting Bregman, 24, is coming off an All-Star season in which he finished fifth in MVP voting after posting a .926 OPS to go with 31 home runs, 103 RBIs and 10 steals. The second overall pick in the 2015 amateur draft out of LSU is entering just his fourth season, and the beginning of his Astros career already ranks among the best in club history. Carlos Correa and Hall of Famer Jeff Bagwell are the only two Astros position players who produced more Wins Above Replacement in their first three seasons than Bregman. Bregman was limited early this spring after having arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow in January. The deal means the Astros have Bregman and star second baseman Jose Altuve locked up through 2024. The 28-year-old Altuve, who had offseason knee surgery, is a six-time All-Star and the 2017 AL MVP. His $163.5 million, seven-year contract includes annual salaries of $26.2 million from 2020-24. The Bregman deal was first reported by Fox 26 in Houston. The Associated Press contributed to this report.