The Tampa Bay Rays locked in their 2015 team MVP on Friday by signing second baseman Logan Forsythe to a two-year contract extension.
Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times was the first to report the agreement Thursday night, and Jon Heyman of MLB Network later confirmed the $10.25 million deal with an option for 2018.
Heyman provided a yearly salary breakdown with regard to Forsythe's new contract, as well as further explanation of his option:
Forsythe gets 2.5M bonus, 1M '16, 5.75M '17, 8.5M option '18 (or 1M buyout) #rays
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) January 15, 2016
Forsythe 2018 option base can escalate in 500K chunks to 2.