Crawdad Chronicles 45.04 - Yong fails to Vest

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IF Tu-Fu Yong was signed last year with the intent he could fill the infield gap vacated by losing SS Damek Korbel to Las Vegas via trade. He was signed to a 2 year $23.5M contract with the 2nd year being a $12M vesting option if he appeared in 100 games.

Thanks to a significant hamstring injury that kept him out of the lineup for a prolonged period of time, New Orleans will be off the hook for 2046.

Yong only appeared in 45 games - yielding a .231 batting average, 7 Home Runs and 22 RBI.

Being paid nearly $300,000 per hit is not a model that New Orleans plans on repeating. The 2044 BBA Champion will be on the Free Agent market for the 3rd consecutive year.