Yankees re-signing 1B Rizzo to multiyear deal

Anthony Rizzo is re-signing with the New York Yankees connected a two-year woody with a nine enactment successful the 3rd year, the squad announced Tuesday.

Rizzo volition marque $34 cardinal implicit the adjacent 2 seasons positive a nine enactment for 2025 that includes a $6 cardinal buyout, a root told ESPN's Jeff Passan, bringing the full to $40 cardinal guaranteed. His 2025 enactment is for $17 million, meaning helium could marque up to $51 million.

Acquired from the Chicago Cubs astatine the 2021 commercialized deadline, Rizzo returned to New York for the 2022 play connected a two-year, $32 cardinal woody which included an opt retired aft the archetypal year. He became a escaped cause aft opting retired of the 2nd year.

Rizzo deed 32 location runs for the 4th clip successful his vocation -- helium has ne'er deed much -- and had 75 RBIs successful 130 games contempt a .224 batting average. The 33-year-old was sidelined betwixt Aug. 31 and Sept. 18 by backmost symptom and headaches from an epidural injection to dainty his back.

Rizzo rapidly became a favored teammate for galore existent Yankees, including Aaron Judge who is besides a escaped agent. At the precocious completed GM meetings, Yankees wide manager Brian Cashman indicated keeping Rizzo was a precedence -- successful summation to re-signing Judge.

Rizzo's location runs were 40% of the Yankees' 77 by left-handed batters, and his RBIs were 37% of the 202 by New York's lefties.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.