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2017 MLB Options Tracker

A place to keep track of every option decision before free agency begins this fall.

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As the offseason gets underway, the first order of business for most teams is decide on player options before free agency opens. As option decisions come in throughout the next few days, we'll keep track of them here:

2017 MLB Options Tracker

Decision Team Player Option Type Option Value Buyout Value
Decision Team Player Option Type Option Value Buyout Value
Exercised ARZ Daniel Descalso Club $2 million $150k
Declined ATL R.A. Dickey Club $8 million $500k
Exercised ATL Tyler Flowers Club $4 million $300k
Declined BAL Welington Castillo Player $7 million N/A
Declined BAL J.J. Hardy Club $14 million $2 million
Declined BAL Wade Miley Club $12 million $500k
Exercised BOS Craig Kimbrel Club $13 million $1 million
Exercised BOS Chris Sale Club $12.5 million $1 million
Declined CWS Geovany Soto Club $3.5 million $250k
Exercised CLE Michael Brantley Club $11 million $1 million
Declined CLE Boone Logan Club $7 million $1 million
Exercised CLE Josh Tomlin Club $3 million $750k
Declined COL Alexi Amarista Club $2.5 million $150k
Declined COL Greg Holland Player $15 million N/A
Vested DET Ian Kinsler Vesting $11 million N/A
Exercised HOU Jose Altuve Club $6 million N/A
Exercised HOU Marwin Gonzalez Club $5.125 million N/A
Opted In KC Ian Kennedy Player Opt-Out 3 years, $49 million N/A
Declined KC Mike Minor Mutual $10 million $1.25 million
Declined LAA Ricky Nolasco Club $13 million $1 million
Declined LAA Huston Street Club $10 million $1 million
Declined LAD Andre Ethier Club $17.5 million $2.5 million
Exercised LAD Logan Forsythe Club $8.5 million $1 million
Opted In MIA Wei-Yin Chen Player Opt-Out 3 years, $52 million N/A
Declined MIA Ichiro Club $2 million N/A
Declined MIN Glen Perkins Club $6.5 million $700k
Exercised NYM Jerry Blevins Club $7 million $1 million
Exercised NYM Asdrubal Cabrera Club $8.5 million $2 million
Opted In NYY Masahiro Tanaka Player Opt-Out 3 years, $67 million N/A
Exercised OAK Jed Lowrie Club $6 million $1 million
Declined PIT Wade LeBlanc Club $14.75 million $1 million
Exercised PIT Andrew McCutchen Club $14.75 million $1 million
Declined PIT Chris Stewart Club $1.5 million $250k
Exercised SF Madison Bumgarner Club $12 million $1.5 million
Opted In SF Johnny Cueto Player Opt-Out 4 years, $84 million N/A
Exercised SF Matt Moore Club $9 million $1 million
Exercised SF Pablo Sandoval Club ML minimum N/A
Declined SEA Yovani Gallardo Club $13 million $2 million
Declined SEA Hisashi Iwakuma Club $10 million $1 million
Exercised TB Nathan Eovaldi Club $2 million N/A
Declined TEX Tony Barnette Club $4 million $250k
Declined TEX Mike Napoli Club $11 million $2.5 million
Exercised TEX Martin Perez Club $6 million $2.45 million
Declined TOR Jose Bautista Mutual $17 million $500k
Vested WSH Gio Gonzalez Vesting $12 million N/A
Declined WSH Adam Lind Mutual $5 million $500k
Exercised WSH Matt Wieters Player $11 million N/A