Bautista, Blue Jays agree to $18.5M, 1-year deal
Posted January 18, 2017 6:00 am
TORONTO (AP) - Jose Bautista is staying with the Toronto Blue Jays, after all.
Toronto said Wednesday the free agent slugger had agreed to an $18.5 million, one-year contract with Toronto that includes mutual options for more years.
Bautista gets an $18 million salary this year, and the deal includes a $17 million mutual option for 2018 with a $500,000 buyout, payable if either side declines. There is a $20 million option for 2019 that becomes guaranteed if Bautista has 300 games played during the next two seasons and does not have a physical impairment that would prevent him from playing in 2019.
FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, file photo, Toronto Blue Jays' Jose Bautista connects for a three-run home run off Texas Rangers' Jake Diekman during the ninth inning in Game 1 of baseball's American League Division Series, in Arlington, Texas. A person with knowledge of the negotiations tells The Associated Press that outfielder Jose Bautista and the Toronto Blue Jays are âworking really hardâ to bring him back to the club. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, because negotiations are ongoing. The sides are discussing one-, two- and three-year agreements. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
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