HOUSTON -- - Reliever Pedro Báez can boost his 2022 option-year salary and also his buyout as part of his $12.5 million, two-year contract with the Houston Astros.
Báez will receive a $500,000 signing bonus, payable on Feb. 28, as part of the deal finalized Friday. He gets salaries of $4.5 million this year and $5.5 million in 2022. Houston has a $7.5 million option for 2023 with a $2 million buyout.
Báez's 2022 salary can escalate by $1 million based on innings this year: $250,000 each for 30, 40, 50 and 60 innings. His option would escalate to $8 million and the buyout would increase to $2.5 million if he has 100 innings or 100 games in 2021 and 2022 combined.