New York Yankees and Brett Gardner outfield have reached an agreement on a $ 4 million one-year deal, ESPN sources told Jeff Passan, confirming several reports.
The agreement is pending a physical examination. It includes a second-year player option that, if denied, becomes a team option, sources said.
Gardner, 37, became a free agent in November, when New York turned down a $ 10 million option, resulting in a $ 2.5 million purchase. He has been with the Yankees since 2008 and is their last player on the winning team in the 2009 World Series. His 14-year tenure with a team during his career equals fifth among active players.
Gardner managed .223 with five home runs and 15 RBIs in the short season, down from .251, with a round of 28 home runs and 74 RBIs in 2019. The Yankees were agreement with an agreement with a bonus and a signing salary of 2 million dollars. of $ 8 million for 2020, which became $ 2,962,963 in proportional payments.
“Obviously, he was a great Yankee, but we’ll see how things go here,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Wednesday at spring training in Tampa, Florida.
Boone said Clint Frazier was projected as his left-hander after making great strides last year in his fourth season with the Yankees. Frazier, 26, hit .267 with eight home runs and 26 RBIs in 131 bats during the short-lived pandemic season, after hitting .267 with 12 home runs and 38 of RBIs in 225 bats in 2019.
Drafted in the third round by the Yankees in 2005, Gardner hit 0.259, 129 home runs and 539 RBIs.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.