Nationals agreed to terms with OF Jacob Young on a four-year contract with a club option for 2031.

The 27-year-old Young passed his physical, and the $23 million deal, which buys out his first and potentially his second year of free agency, is now official. Young would have been eligible for arbitration for the first time after hitting .252/.318/.390 with 10 homers and 18 steals in 471 plate appearances last season. That’s twice as many homers as he had in 1,006 career plate appearances coming into the year, and that he’s improved his bat speed and technique some suggests it’s no fluke. He probably won’t gain too much more offensively, but he figures to remain an excellent defender for the length of the deal.