Player Options Status for all 30 Major League Teams - 2009

by notsellingjeans on Sep 2, 2008 5:24 PM EDT Comment 9 comments

Most of you have probably had a conversation with a friend or on your team blog about which players were going to crack the 25-man opening-day roster of your favorite team, and which ones would get sent down.

And because this blog attracts such a great, sophisticated fan base, that conversation probably involved a discussion of the options status of some of your team's end-of-the-roster players. Whether or not a player has options remaining has an impact upon whether or not he starts with the big club or gets sent down to AAA.

This week I'd like to develop a list of players who will be out of options for 2009 on all 30 big league teams. If you happen to know players who only have one option left in '09, you could list that too. That's an ambitous project.

For me, one of the last remaining baseball mysteries on the Internet is the option status on players around the league. I wish there was a place where you could go to find that type of information, so that's what I'm trying to create here. As a community, we can create a great project, just like we did with Zonis' terrific Community Organizational Prospect Depth Chart, which required at least one hardcore fan from each team.

If you already know of a team blog that keeps this options information current, save us some time and please post it in the links!

If you need a refresher on option rules, you can find them here at Cot's Contracts.

You can list the info in any format, but for an example, you might write something like this:

Oakland A's

Out of options in '09:

Rajai Davis, Dan Meyer, Jack Hannahan,

Only one option year remaining:

Chris Denorfia, Dana Eveland, Matt Murton, Eric Patterson, Javi Herrera (2?)

2 or more option years left:

Richie Robnett, Carlos Gonzalez, Travis Buck, Aaron Cunningham, Petit, Pennington, Daric Barton, Landon Powell, Gallagher, Gio Gonzalez, Jeff Gray, Henry Rodriguez.

*You don't really need to list players who have 5+ years of service time, or guys who likely will never get sent down again. If you're unsure on a player when you categorize him, you can use a question mark after his name and someone else will hopefully clarify.

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Rangers

Out of options: Kam Loe, Nelson Cruz, Scott Feldman, Frankie Francisco (might have 1 left), Dustin Nippert, Wes Littleton

1 option left: Joaquin Arias, Josh Rupe, Travis Metcalf, Luis Mendoza

2 options left: Brandon Boggs, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Brandon McCarthy, Matt Harrison, Warner Madrigal, Max Ramirez, Taylor Teagarden (might have all 3 depending on how the Olympics work), German Duran, Tommy Hunter, Doug Mathis, David Murphy, Thomas Diamond

3 left: Chris Davis, Eric Hurley

I think thats accurate. Maybe some other ranger fans can either verify or correct me.

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by bigsteve on Sep 2, 2008 10:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hunter

over at LSB the other day several thought he would qualify for a 4th option.

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by t ball on Sep 4, 2008 8:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rays

I think this is how it breaks down, but obviously could be misremembering when guys were added to the 40-man:

Out of options: Edwin Jackson, Jonny Gomes, Jason Hammel, Jason Bartlett, Gabe Gross, Willy Aybar, Grant Balfour, Jeff Niemann, Joel Guzman, Jae Kuk Ryu

1 left: Dioner Navarro (might be out), Shawn Riggans (might be out), Ben Zobrist, BJ Upton, JP Howell, Juan Salas, Matt Garza, Chad Orvella

2 left: Justin Ruggiano, Elliot Johnson, Andy Sonnanstine, James Houser, John Jaso, Mitch Talbot, Fernando Perez

3 left: Evan Longoria, Akinori Iwamura, Reid Brignac, David Price

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Sep 3, 2008 8:21 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Royals

Out of options in 2009:
1B Ross Gload, 1B Ryan Shealy, IF Alberto Callaspo, IF Esteban German, SS Tony Pena Jr., OF Shane Costa, OF Joey Gathright, P Kyle Davies, P Jimmy Gobble, P John Bale, P Leo Nunez, P Joel Peralta, P Ramon Ramirez

One option year:
P Brian Bannister, P Luke Hochevar

Two option years:
OF Mitch Maier, DH Billy Butler, P Carlos Rosa

Three option years:
1B Kila Kaaihue, IF Mike Aviles, 3B Alex Gordon, P Joakim Soria

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by RoyalsRetro on Sep 3, 2008 10:29 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Shealy

I am really interested in what happens with Shealy. Does anyone think he can be a decent 1B if given a chance to start on an everyday basis?

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by King Billy Royal on Sep 3, 2008 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I dunno

He’s almost 30 now. I would have liked to have seen what he could do this year, as he was hurt in 2007, but Dayton insisted on seeing Ross Gload at 1B.

Shealy got off to a slow start in Omaha, but ended up well. I think he could still provide decent power off the bench, but I’m not sure I see him as a starter anymore. Probably a AAAA player, a nice bat off the bench for an NL club at best.

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by RoyalsRetro on Sep 3, 2008 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs