Melancon guaranteed $3M by Padres, can earn $11M for 2 years

PeOrIa – reliever Mark Melancon is guaranteed $3 million as part of his one-year contract with the San diego Padres and could earn $11 million over two seasons if he closes regularly.

Melancon has a $2 million salary this year as part of the agreement announced thursday, and the deal includes a $5 million option with a $1 million buyout if either side declines.

Melancon can earn $2 million annually in performance bonuses for games finished: $250,000 each for 20, 25, 30 and 35, and $500,000 each for 40 and 45.

a three-time NL all-Star with Pittsburgh, Melancon was 2-1 with a 2.78 era and 11 saves in 23 games during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. the 35-year-old right-hander earned $5,185,185 in prorated pay from a $14 million salary in the final season of a $62 million, four-year contract he signed with San Francisco ahead of the 2017 season.

Melancon is 30-27 with a 2.85 era and 205 saves in 12 seasons with the New york yankees (200910), Houston (2010-11), boston (2012), Pittsburgh (2013-16), Washington (2016), San Francisco (2017-19) and atlanta (2019-20). He has struck out 549 in 606 innings.

San diego also announced a deal thursday with right-handed reliever Keone Kela.

Former MLB All-Star Johnny Damon arrested after DUI stop

WINderMere, Fla. – Former all-Star baseball player Johnny damon was arrested Friday in central Florida on a charge of resisting an officer after he was pulled over for suspicion of driving under the influence, according to court and jail records.

authorities said the 47-year-old damon slurred his words, seemed unsteady on his feet and had a blood-alcohol level more than three times the state’s legal limit for driving.

damon was booked into the Orange County Jail early Friday after the incident in Windermere, Florida, a wealthy suburb of Orlando popular with professional athletes. He is charged with resisting an officer without violence, a first-degree misdemeanor.