ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The Atlanta Braves signed outfielder Mike Yastrzemski to a two-year deal, the team said Wednesday.

The contract is valued at $23 million and includes a third-year club option for 2028 worth $7 million with a $4 million buyout. Yastrzemski also agreed to donate 1 percent of his salary to the Atlanta Braves Foundation.

Yastrzemski, 35, spent last season with the San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Royals, tallying 17 homers, 46 RBIs and a .735 OPS across 146 games. After being dealt to Kansas City at the trade deadline, he posted a notable surge in production, hitting 14 doubles and nine homers in 50 games, compared to 14 doubles and eight homers in his previous 96 games with San Francisco.

Yastrzemski, who finished eighth in MVP voting in 2020, had be

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