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By Nathan Aderhold | @AdrastusPerkins
As 10 teams begin their quest to World Series glory today,
the other 20 are already laboring over how to best begin their offseason. The
first step heading into the winter for many of these squads is the quandary of whether or
not to exercise the contract options they have on players for the 2013 season.
Teams only have until a few days after the conclusion of the
World Series to decide on picking up options for the following year giving
front offices about a month from Game 162 to square everything away. While
these options typically manifest themselves in four varieties – club, mutual,
player and vesting – an overwhelming majority (49 of the 54) are club options*.
In fact, there is not a single player option for 2013 and the only two vesting
options still on the table – Brett Myers and Alex Gonzalez – did not actually
vest, making the players effectively free agents.
