Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes agrees to extend for two years

Los Angeles-Catcher Austin Barnes agreed on Sunday to $ 7 million in a two-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers to cover 2023 and 24, rather than becoming a free agent after this year’s World Series.

Burns will win $ 3.5 million each in the next two seasons, and the Dodgers will win $ 3.5 million in team options in 2025. He can earn up to $ 500,000 a year in game performance bonuses. 65 and 70 are $ 50,000, 75 is $ 75,000, and 75 is $ 150,000, respectively. $ 175,000 for 80 and 85.

Burns said the team approached him a few weeks ago.

“That’s a good thing. Some safety and being around the Dodgers for the next two years,” he said. “It’s a great organization. I was part of some special team here … it’s a great group and I believe in what happened in this organization.”

A member of the Dodgers’ 2020 World Series Champion, Burns has scored .179 with four home runs and 12 RBIs in 31 games this season. He played 26 games as a catcher and abandoned five of the 14 runners trying to steal.

Burns’ salary was $ 2.6 million in 2022, the second season of a two-year contract that initially guaranteed $ 4.3 million.

The 32-year-old Burns was acquired from Miami before the 2015 season and is now the third longest-running Dodgers player after Clayton Kershaw and Justin Turner.