MLB Trade Rumors
9:21am CDT
Major League Signings
Mike Zunino, C: One year, $3MM (includes $1MM buyout of $4MM club option for 2022)
Total spend: $18.725MM
Alexander Ovalles from the Rangers for 1B/3B
Dillon Paulson and cash considerations/player to be named later from the Dodgers as part of a three-team trade with the Phillies. (Phillies acquired RP
Nate Lowe, Jose Alvarado, John Curtiss, Aaron Slegers
The Rays began their offseason by, as usual, trimming payroll. Declining club options on Charlie Morton and Mike Zunino removed $19.5MM in potential expenditures off the team’s books, though in Zunino’s case, the two sides only temporarily parted ways. Zunino re-signed with the team for $3MM in guaranteed money, plus another $3MM more in total earnings if the Rays choose to exercise another club option on the catcher for 2022.