The Chicago Cubs exercised their 2024 choices on right-hander Kyle Hendricks and catcher Yan Gomes, it was introduced, whereas the Los Angeles Dodgers declined their choices on three pitchers.
Hendricks, the ultimate remaining participant from the Cubs’ 2016 World Sequence-winning workforce, will make $16.5 million in 2024. Gomes will make $6 million subsequent season.
The 33-year-old Hendricks missed the beginning of the 2023 season whereas recovering from a capsule tear in his pitching shoulder. He made his first begin in Might and went 6-8 with a 3.74 ERA over 24 begins.
Gomes, 36, hit .267 with 10 residence runs and 63 RBIs in 115 video games final season, his second with the Cubs.
The Dodgers declined to choose up 2024 choices on right-handers Lance Lynn, Daniel Hudson, Alex Reyes and Joe Kelly
Lynn will get a $1 million buyout moderately than an $18 million wage for 2024, and Reyes receives a $100,000 buyout moderately than a $3 million wage. Hudson’s possibility was for $1 million. Kelly will get a $1 million buyout as a substitute of a $9.5 million wage, ending a $17 million, two-year contract.
Lynn, 36, was 7-2 with a 4.36 ERA in 11 begins for the Dodgers after becoming a member of the workforce in a July commerce. Hudson made solely three aid appearances this season as a consequence of accidents, and Reyes has missed the previous two years with a shoulder damage.
Kelly, 35, was 1-0 with a 1.74 ERA in 11 aid appearances after he was obtained from the White Sox together with Lynn. He went 2-5 with a 4.23 ERA general in 42 video games.
In the meantime, left-hander Sean Manaea has opted out of his 2024 contract with the San Francisco Giants, turning into a free agent.
Additionally Sunday: San Diego Padres pitcher Nick Martinez turned a free agent after he and the workforce each declined choices for 2024 and 2025.
San Diego turned down choices at $16 million yearly, and Martinez declined choices at $8 million per 12 months.
Left-hander Brad Hand‘s $7 million mutual possibility was declined Sunday by the Atlanta Braves, permitting the reliever to change into a free agent.
The 33-year-old three-time All-Star was acquired from Colorado on Aug. 1 and went 2-2 with a 7.50 ERA in 20 video games for the Braves. The choice initially was a workforce possibility however turned mutual due to the commerce.
Reliever Hector Neris declined his a part of an $8.5 million mutual possibility for 2024 with the Houston Astros and have become a free agent. Neris will get a $1 million buyout, finishing a $17 million, two-year contract.
The Boston Purple Sox on Saturday declined a $4.25 million possibility on left-hander Joely Rodriguez, who will get a $500,000 buyout. Rodríguez, who turns 32 on Nov. 14, had a 6.55 ERA over 11 aid appearances and 11 innings in his one season with Boston.
Left-hander Jarlín García‘s $3.25 million workforce possibility was declined by the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday evening. He didn’t pitch within the 2023 common season due to a nerve damage in his higher left arm.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
