Yankees give Happ two-year, $34M deal

Left-hander J.A. Happ and the New York Yankees have finalized a US$34-million, two-year contract. Happ gets $17 million in each of the next two seasons, and his deal includes a $17 million option for 2021 that could become guaranteed based on starts and innings in 2020. He is projected to be part of a rotation that includes Luis Severino, Masahiro Tanaka, CC Sabathia and Canadian James Paxton, acquired from Seattle in a trade. A first-time all-star, Happ was acquired from Toronto on July 26 as a summer rental and went 7-0 with a 2.69 earned-run average in 11 starts for New York.