Rays sign Taylor Walls to arbitration-avoiding deal

Infielder Taylor Walls and Rays avoid arbitration, agree to 1-year deal guaranteeing $1.4 million
Infielder Taylor Walls and the Tampa Bay Rays have avoided arbitration, agreeing to a $1.4 million, one-year contract
Rays, Taylor Walls Avoid Arbitration
The Rays and shortstop Taylor Walls avoided arbitration on a one-year deal that contains a 2026 club option. Read more at MLB Trade Rumors.
Taylor Walls and Rays avoid arbitration, agree to 1-year deal guaranteeing $1.4 million
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Infielder Taylor Walls and the Tampa Bay Rays avoided arbitration, agreeing to a one-year, $1.4 million contract. Wells gets a $1.35 million salary this year, and the Rays have a $2.45 million option for 2026 with a $50,000 buyout. The option price would increase to $2.5 million if he has 450 plate appearances in 2025.
Rays' Taylor Walls: Avoids arbitration with Tampa Bay
The Rays and Walls avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year contract with a club option for 2026 on Wednesday, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. The financial details aren't known, but the two sides had been less than $300,
Walls' new deal with Rays includes option for 2026
The Rays will not go to any arbitration hearings this year, as they agreed on Wednesday to a one-year deal with shortstop Taylor Walls that includes a club option for the 2026 season. Walls will earn $1.
Rays sign Taylor Walls for 2025-2026, avoiding salary arbitration.
He was the last Rays player to be agreed to a salary for 2025. Walls is under team control through the 2027 season.
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