The Tampa Bay Rays and catcher Mike Zunino agreed to a $4.5 million contract for the 2020 season on Monday, avoiding arbitration. The team has a 2021 option, also for $4.5 million, with compensation potentially growing to $5.25 million with incentives. Zunino, 28, hit .165 with nine home runs and 32 RBIs in 90 games last season. Zunino spent the first six seasons of his major league career with the Seattle Mariners before being sent to the Rays last November in a five-player trade. He was the third overall pick in the 2012 draft, making his major league debut about a year later.

Source: National Post November 25, 2019 23:15 UTC