The Blue Jays officially declined their end of Jose Bautista’s $17MM mutual
option for 2018, MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand reports (Twitter link). The Jays
informed Bautista of the move back in September, and GM Ross Atkins confirmed
during his end-of-season talk with reporters that the option wouldn’t be
picked up. Bautista will receive $500K for the option’s buyout.
It seemed as if Bautista and the Blue Jays would part ways after winter, but
after Bautista failed to drum up much interest in free agency, he re-signed
with Toronto for a one-year, $18.5MM deal (which included the 2018 mutual
option and a 2019 vesting option worth $20MM). Any hopes the Jays had of
scoring a bargain were dashed after Bautista followed up an injury-plagued
down year in 2016 with a sub-replacement level (-0.5 fWAR) 2017 season.
Bautista hit just .203/.308/.366 over 686 plate appearances, managing 23
homers but creating 20 percent fewer runs (80 wRC+) than the average batter.
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Jose Bautista在開季前跟藍鳥簽下1+2的合約
今年打出.203/.308/.366以及23轟的成績
Bautista會宣布退休嗎?