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Moustakas can reportedly earn up to $22.5
million if his 2019 season option is picked up. He'll make $5.5
million in 2018, and his $15 million mutual option for 2019 can
be bought out for $1 million. He also has the chance to earn
additional money through performance incentives.
Moustakas could have received $17.4 million this season by
signing a qualifying offer from the Royals in November at the
outset of free agency. Because he received the qualifying offer,
any team signing him would've been forced to part with a high
draft pick.
Moustakas, 29, hit .272 with a franchise-record 38 home runs in
148 games last season. The two-time All-Star has a .251 career
average and 119 home runs across his seven seasons with the
Royals.
--The Colorado Rockies are on the verge of bringing back
three-time All-Star Carlos Gonzalez for another season,
according to multiple reports.
Gonzalez became a free agent after concluding a seven-year, $80
million deal and found no takers after a poor 2017 campaign
(.262 batting average, 14 home runs, 57 RBIs).
All-Stars Nolan Arenado and Charlie Blackmon are among the
players who lobbied the organization to re-sign Gonzalez.
--Two-time All-Star catcher Jonathan Lucroy has agreed to a
one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics, according to
multiple reports. The deal is expected to be formally announced
once Lucroy passes a physical.
Lucroy reportedly turned down a three-year, $21 million offer
from the Rockies in November, but there were initially no takers
in the relatively quiet baseball free-agent market.
Lucroy, 31, split last season with the Texas Rangers and Rockies
and batted .265 with six homers and 40 RBIs.
--Former MLB closer Koji Uehara, who won a championship in 2013
with the Boston Red Sox, has returned to Japan and signed with
the Yomiuri Giants.
The 42-year-old agreed to a one-year deal with his former club.
Uehara spent last season, his ninth in MLB, with the Chicago
Cubs. He finished the season with a 3-4 record and a 3.98 ERA.
--Field Level Media
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