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2020-12-17 14:55:401. 新闻来源：
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2. 新闻标题：
Rays Re-Sign Mike Zunino
3. 新闻内容：
By Mark Polishuk | December 16, 2020 at 3:01pm CDT
3:01PM: The Rays have announced the move. The escalators within the 2022 club
option are broken down by USA Today’s Bob Nightengale, as Zunino can
increase the option to $5MM if he appears in 80 games. Ninety games played
raises the price to $6MM, and it tops out at $7MM if Zunino appears in 100
games or if he gets traded.
12:26PM: The Rays have agreed to a new deal with catcher Mike Zunino, Marc
Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports (Twitter link). It is a one-year
contract for the veteran backstop, with a club option for the 2022 season.
Zunino is represented by Jet Sports Management.
Zunino will get $3MM in guaranteed money, MLB Network’s Jon Heyman tweets.
According to MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand (via Twitter), that $3MM breaks down
as $2MM in salary and a $1MM buyout of the club option. The exact value of
that club option will vary based on Zunino’s playing time, but it will fall
somewhere between $4MM-$7MM.
Tampa declined its $4.5MM club option on Zunino following the World Series,
though there was mutual interest between the two sides in a new contract.
Zunino will now return for a third season with the Rays, and he’ll help
fill a sizeable void behind the plate, as the AL champions also parted ways
with Michael Perez and Kevan Smith.
It’s probably safe to assume that the Rays will continue to look for more
catching help even with Zunino back, as his lack of offensive production over
the last two seasons makes him an imperfect fit as a starting catcher.
Zunino has hit only .161/.233/.323 over 373 PA in a Rays uniform, though he
did bolster that resume with a big performance in the 2020 ALCS to help Tampa
Bay win the pennant.
Earlier in his career, it seemed as though Zunino would develop into an
offense-first catcher if anything, as he slugged 90 homers with the Mariners
from 2014-18. Apart from an overall strong 2017 season, however, Zunino
generally posted low batting averages and on-base totals, and detracted from
his power with a lot of strikeouts. Defensively, Zunino is well-respected as
a game-caller and a handler of pitchers, but Statcast hasn’t been impressed
with his declining framing ability over the last two seasons.
Zunino’s new deal removes another name from the list of free agent catchers.
The Rays were one of many contenders known to be looking for catching, and
while Tampa obviously wasn’t shopping at the top of the backstop market
(i.e. J.T. Realmuto or James McCann), removing Zunino from the next tier down
further narrows out an already pretty thin collection of available talent for
teams in need of a catcher upgrade.
4. 新闻连结：
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/12/rays-to-re-sign-mike-zunino.html
5. 备注：
(1) 光芒队以$2MM/1YR约附带2022年球队选择权($1MM买断金)签回捕手Mike Zunino，后年
薪水则是依照明年的出赛数而定，出赛80场则薪水是$5MM、90场则是$6MM、100场或被交易
则是$7MM。
(2) 世界大赛结束后光芒队拒绝他$4.5MM的选择权，不过双方仍有意愿继续合作，明年将
是他第三年为光芒队效力，而光芒其他捕手如Michael Perez被海盗从让渡名单捡走、
Kevan Smith则是成为自由球员。
(3) 光芒签回他就是寄望能找回他的接捕能力，而过去两季攻击端的表现对担任主战捕手
的他颇不适任，在373个打席中仅缴出.161/.233/.323，不过他在ALCS的好表现帮助球队
闯进世界大赛。
(4) 早期Zunino以进攻型捕手著称，2014-18年在水手共轰出90发全垒打，但也伴随着低
打击率、低上垒率与不少被三振数。在防守端，他以掌控全局的能力所著称，不过
Statcast显示出他过去两季偷好球的能力正在退步。
(5) 目前为自由球员的捕手如下：
Alex Avila (34)、Drew Butera (37)、Curt Casali (32)、Welington Castillo (34)、
Jason Castro (34)、Robinson Chirinos (36)、Tyler Flowers (35)、
Dustin Garneau (33)、Bryan Holaday (33)、Sandy Leon (32)、Jeff Mathis (38)、
Yadier Molina (38)、Josh Phegley (33)、Wilson Ramos (33)、J.T. Realmuto (30)、
Rene Rivera (37)、Austin Romine (32)、Kurt Suzuki (37)、Matt Wieters (35)、
Tony Wolters (29)。
(6) 光芒队各位置人选如下：
A. C：Mike Zunino、Kevan Smith*。
B. 1B：Ji-Man Choi。
C. 2B：Brandon Lowe。
D. 3B：Yandy Diaz。
E. SS：Willy Adames。
F. UT：Mike Brosseau、Joey Wendle。
G. RF：Austin Meadows。
H. CF：Kevin Kiermaier、Manuel Margot。
I. LF：Randy Arozarena。
J. OF：Brett Phillips、Johnny Davis*。
K. DH：筒香嘉智。
*：本季结束即成为自由球员。
(7) Mike Zunino今年在光芒队的成绩表现(今年29岁；今年原计薪水：$4.5MM)：
G H HR RBI SO BB BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+
28 11 4 10 37 6 .147 .238 .360 .598 65