Hours after he told Spurs fans he was “here to stay,” Victor Wembanyama signed a multiyear contract extension with San Antonio that ESPN reported is for five years and $252 million.

The deal, which is worth $50.4 million per year, is the NBA’s maximum rookie-scale extension and carries a player option for the fifth season.

“Spurs family, I’m here to stay,” Wembanyama tweeted Friday. “Whatever it takes.”

The Spurs, who did not confirm financial details, published photos and videos of Wembanyama inking his contract.

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Wembanyama has been viewed as one of the elite young players in the sport going back before the Spurs selected him No. 1 overall in the 2023 NBA Draft. The 7-foot-4 center with an 8-foot wingspan has averaged 23.4 points, 11.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 3.5 blocks per game through three NBA seasons (181 games).

The Defensive Player of the Year and a first-time All-NBA first-team selection, Wembanyama finished third in MVP balloting this season after putting up career highs of 25.0 points and 11.5 rebounds per game. He is a career 34.2% 3-point shooter who has made 2.2 triples per game, and he’s led the league in blocks in every season since his arrival.

The Spurs fell to the New York Knicks in five games last month in Wembanyama’s first NBA Finals. The current pieces around him include guards De’Aaron Fox, Stephon Castle, Devin Vassell and Dylan Harper, and the Spurs recently signed veteran forward Tobias Harris.

–Field Level Media

The Chicago White Sox reinstated rookie slugger Munetaka Murakami from the 10-day injured list on Friday.

Prior to striking out in his first at-bat Friday night against the Athletics, Murakami was named to the American League All-Star team as a replacement for injured Minnesota Twins outfielder Byron Buxton and announced as the eighth and final participant in the Home Run Derby.

The 26-year-old first baseman missed the previous 35 games with a strained right hamstring. The White Sox posted a 17-18 record during his absence, but pulled into a share of the AL Central lead with the Cleveland Guardians.

At the time of his injury on May 29, Murakami was tied for the American League lead in homers (20) and RBIs (41).

Murakami is batting .240 with a .938 OPS and 43 runs scored in 57 games this season with the White Sox.

Chicago optioned infielder Jacob Gonzalez, 24, to Triple-A Charlotte in a corresponding transaction.

The 2023 first-round pick made his MLB debut on May 31 and batted .244 with two homers and 17 RBIs in 30 games.

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The New York Mets placed infielder Mark Vientos on the 10-day injured list on Friday because of a fractured right hand, which will not require surgery but keep him sidelined six to eight weeks.

In a corresponding move, the Mets selected the contract of shortstop Zack Short from Triple-A Syracuse. They also recalled right-hander Tobias Myers from Syracuse and designated righty Dan Hammer for assignment.

Vientos was struck on the right hand by a 92.2 mph sinker from the Kansas City Royals’ Michael Wacha in the second inning of the Mets’ 7-3 home win on Thursday. Vientos, 26, ran for himself but did not take his place at third base in the third inning.

“It definitely sucks because I want to be with the team and play with the guys,” he said. “I’ve been hit in the hand before. I started to realize this (injury) was different when I was on first base and the hand started to feel a little numb. It was a painful feeling. … The hand was swollen and there was no way I could grip the ball.”

This season, Vientos is hitting just .211 with 11 home runs and 35 RBIs in 73 games while seeing his playing time dwindling. He has played 60 games at first base, eight as designated hitter and three at third base.

In his fifth season with the Mets, who selected him in the second round of the 2017 draft, Vientos is a .234 career hitter with 65 home runs and 192 RBIs in 386 games. His best season came in 2024, when he hit .266 with 27 home runs and 71 RBIs in 111 games.

Short, 31, was 1-for-8 (.125) in three games earlier this season for the Mets after going 6-for-36 (.167) in 23 games with the Detroit Tigers.

He was 3-for-21 (.143) in seven games at Syracuse.

Short also appeared in 10 games with New York in 2024 and was 1-for-9 (.111). He has played for five different MLB teams since 2021.

Myers, 27, is 0-2 with one save, a 6.14 ERA, 13 walks and 33 strikeouts in 44 innings over 25 games (three starts) in his first season with the Mets.

He is a career 10-10 with one save, 64 walks and 198 strikeouts in 232 2/3 innings over 74 games (34 starts) with Milwaukee Brewers (2024-25) and New York.

Myers was optioned to Syracuse on Thursday when career minor leaguer Hammer, 28, was selected to the major league roster to bolster the bullpen. Hammer did not play on Thursday.

–Field Level Media