Matt Adams agrees to minor league deal with New York Mets
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NEW YORK – Matt Adams agreed to a minor league contract with the New York Mets on Friday, hoping to earn a job as a backup and a bat with pop off the bench.
He would get a $1.25 million, one-year contract if added to the 40-man roster and would have the chance to earn $1.5 million in performance bonuses for plate appearances: $250,000 for 250 and each additional 50 through 500.
The 31-year-old is primarily a first baseman but also has played the outfield. He batted .226 with 20 homers and 56 RBIs in 333 plate appearances last year for the World Series champion Washington Nationals, hitting 12 of his homers in June and July.
New York has NL Rookie of the Year Pete Alonso at first.
Adams has 11 career homers and 49 RBIs as a pinch hitter, but he was just 3 for 33 in that role last year with two homers and a double.
An eight-year big league veteran, Adams also has played for St. Louis (2012-17, 2018) and Atlanta (2017), and had his first stint with the Nationals in 2018.
Adams had a $3 million salary last year, and Washington declined his $4 million mutual option, which carried a $1 million buyout.
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