According to Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports, Rod Barajas will earn $4 million with the Pirates next season while the contract includes a $3.5 million club option for 2013.
In other words, he’ll get a slight raise from the $3.25 million he made in 2011. According to Jon Heyman of SI.com, the 2013 option does not include a buyout. Barajas should be able to produce enough to match his salary next season, but this contract is probably good news for a superior free agent catcher like Ramon Hernandez.
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