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Brett Gardner, New York Yankees agree to 4-year, $52 million deal - ESPN New York
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TAMPA, Fla. -- When the New York Yankees signed Jacoby Ellsbury as a free agent early in December, it appeared that Brett Gardner's days in pinstripes were numbered.
But scarcely more than two months later, and without having played in so much as a spring training game, the Yankees and Gardner have reached an agreement that is likely to keep him with the club through 2018, and perhaps beyond.
The Yankees announced Sunday that they had signed Gardner, 30, to a four-year contract extension worth $50 million, with a club option for a fifth year.
A $2 million buyout clause if the Yankees decide not to exercise the option brings the total value of the deal to $52 million. Gardner does not have a no-trade clause, but the Yankees are obligated to pay him an additional bonus of $1 million in the event they do trade him.
But scarcely more than two months later, and without having played in so much as a spring training game, the Yankees and Gardner have reached an agreement that is likely to keep him with the club through 2018, and perhaps beyond.
The Yankees announced Sunday that they had signed Gardner, 30, to a four-year contract extension worth $50 million, with a club option for a fifth year.
A $2 million buyout clause if the Yankees decide not to exercise the option brings the total value of the deal to $52 million. Gardner does not have a no-trade clause, but the Yankees are obligated to pay him an additional bonus of $1 million in the event they do trade him.