Anthony Rizzo
first baseman Anthony Rizzo, who jumped out of the $16 million contract at the end of the season. According to Ken Rosenthal, a reporter from the US media "The Athletic", the Yankees brought Rezzo back with a two-year contract worth $40 million. If the $17 million team option is added in the third year, Rezzo can earn up to $51 million in this contract.
In the next two seasons, Rezzo can get 17 million US dollars a year, and after the second year contract is over, Yankees can choose to execute Rezzo's $17 million group option. If he performs poorly, Yankees can still buy out Rezzo from Rezzo, which means that in this contract, Rezzo can get at least a contract of 2 years and 40 million US dollars, and at most 3 years and 51 million US dollars.
Source confirms: Rizzo deal, as @JackCurryYES reported, is a two-year, $40M guarantee - $17M each season plus a $6M buyout on a $17M club option. So, potential for three years, $51M.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) November 15, 2022
Since joining the Yankees before the 2021 season trading deadline, Rezzo has perfectly filled the team's left-handed combat power. With the Yankees' right field away from home base boards, the 33-year-old Rezzo scored a career-season record of 32 hits this year, and also paid 224% of the strike rate and 75 RBIs. Although the Yankees lead the major league with 254 team home runs, only 77 of them were hit by the left hitter, which shows how great Rezzo's contribution to the Yankees' lineup.
According to previous news, as the main match first baseman Yuli Gurriel is gradually aging and declining, the new World Series champion Astros is also interested in signing Rezo, but he will continue to play for the Yankees, and signing Rezo is only the first step to strengthening. Yankees' primary goal is definitely to bring back star outfielder Aaron Judge.
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