HOUSTON — Right-hander Jake Odorizzi and the Houston Astros finalized a $20.25 million, two-year contract Monday that includes a player option for 2023 and could be worth at least $33.25 million over three seasons. Odorizzi enhances a Houston rotation that lost Framber Valdéz indefinitely to a broken finger this spring. Astros ace Justin Verlander also is sidelined while recovering from Tommy John surgery. An All-Star with Minnesota in 2019, Odorizzi was limited to four starts last season because of injuries. He was 0-1 with a 6.59 ERA for the Twins during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. Odorizzi, who turns 31 this month, gets a $6 million signing bonus payable in equal installments each July from 2021-23, a $6 million salary this season and a $5 million salary in 2022.
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