Steve Pearce signed with the Rays this off season on a rebound contract that will pay him $4.75MM, and includes $2MM of incentives including $250k trade bonus. That bonus will prove to be prescient.
Pearce has been one of the bright spots on this last place Rays team as he’s been trying to replicate his 2014 season with the Orioles — where he put up 4.9 fWAR in 383 plate appearances by putting up a .293/.373/.556 and 161 wRC+.
This season Pearce is putting up a .312/.384/.528 and 147 wRC+ line while accumulating 1.9 fWAR through 224 PA.