Luke Voit will earn guaranteed $2M with Brewers

First baseman Luke Voit will earn $2 million salary in his one-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. That could potentially jump with an additional $3 million in performance bonuses.

Voit’s contract was announced on Monday and includes a $12 million team option for 2024 with no buyout clause.

He can earn $500,000 each for 250, 300, 350, 400, 450 and 500 plate appearances in 2023.

If assigned to the minor leagues, his 2023 salary would be $200,000.

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Voit started out spring training on a minor league contract but then opted back for the major league deal. He hit a two-run homer off Colorado’s Ryan Feltner in an 8-1 spring training win Tuesday, leaving Voit with a .310 batting average, three homers and six RBIs in Cactus League games.

The 32-year-old  hit .226 with 22 homers, 69 RBIs and a .308 on-base percentage in 135 games with the San Diego Padres and Washington Nationals last season, when he had a $5.45 million salary.

Voit’s career-high undoubtedly came in the shortened 2020 season when he hit .277 with a major league-high 22 homers and 52 RBIs in 56 games with the New York Yankees.