"8:05am: ESPN's Jeff Passan reports that Ozuna will earn $10.5MM in 2026 salary, plus a $1.5MM buyout on a $16MM mutual option for the 2027 season. A mutual option hasn't been exercised by both parties since 2014, so that option effectively just kicks a portion of the guarantee down the road by a year. 7:54am: The Pirates and slugger Marcell Ozuna are in agreement on a one-year, $12MM contract, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports. The CAA client's contract is pending a physical."
"The 2025 season was a down showing by his standards, but he was still a better-than-average offensive performer overall down in Atlanta. He batted .232/.355/.400 with a career-high 15.9% walk rate, a 24.3% strikeout rate, 21 homers and 19 doubles in 592 plate appearances. That overall line was weighed down by a brutal stretch in the middle of a roller-coaster season."
Marcell Ozuna agreed to a one-year, $12MM contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates pending a physical. The deal guarantees $10.5MM in 2026 salary and includes a $1.5MM buyout on a $16MM mutual option for 2027. A mutual option has not been exercised by both parties since 2014, effectively shifting part of the guarantee into 2027. Ozuna, who turned 35 in November, produced a .232/.355/.400 line with 21 homers and 19 doubles in 592 plate appearances in 2025 despite uneven months. The signing adds right-handed power but complicates corner-outfield and DH playing time on the current roster.
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