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Merrifield and Blue Jays decline $18 million mutual option, allowing him to become free agent | |
TORONTO (AP) Whit Merrifield and the Toronto Blue Jays both declined his $18 million mutual option for 2024, allowing the second baseman and outfielder to become a free agent. Merrifield gets a $500,000 buyout because the option was declined. The option was part of a two-year contract that paid $14.25 million and included salaries of $7 million in 2022 and $6.75 million this year, including a $4 million escalator because he was on the injured list for fewer than 109 days in 2022. Acquired from Kansas City on Aug. 2, 2022, the 34-year-old Merrifield hit .272 this year with 11 homers and 67 RBIs this year. MORE | |
| Leaders | |||||
| AVG: | B. Bichette | .306 | |||
| HR: | V. Guerrero Jr. | 26 | |||
| RBI: | V. Guerrero Jr. | 94 | |||
| SB: | W. Merrifield | 26 | |||
| W: | C. Bassitt | 16 | |||
| ERA: | K. Gausman | 3.16 | |||
| Saves: | J. Romano | 36 | |||
| K: | K. Gausman | 237 | |||
| General Batting (Rank) | |||||
| AVG: | .256 (8) | ||||
| Runs: | 746 (14) | ||||
| Hits: | 1423 (6) | ||||
| Home Runs: | 188 (16) | ||||
| Stolen Bases: | 99 (22) | ||||
| OBP: | .329 (7) | ||||
| SLG: | .417 (13) | ||||
| Total Bases: | 2317 (10) | ||||
| General Pitching (Rank) | |||||
| Earned Run Average: | 3.78 (4) | ||||
| Runs Allowed: | 671 (6) | ||||
| Saves: | 51 (3) | ||||
| Strikeouts: | 1528 (2) | ||||
| OpBA: | .241 (11) | ||||
| OBP: | .309 (10) | ||||
| SLG: | .403 (14) | ||||
| Run Support: | 4.63 (16) | ||||
| Transactions | |||||||||
| Date | Player | Transactions | |||||||
| 11/17 | A. Cimber | Free Agent - No Contract Offer (non-tendered) | |||||||
| 11/14 | A. Macko | Purchased From Minors | |||||||
| 11/7 | C. Eden | Outrighted to Minors | |||||||
| 11/6 | M. Chapman | Tendered Qualifying Offer (declined) | |||||||
| 11/6 | A. Cimber | Removed From 60-Day IL (Right shoulder impingement) | |||||||
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| Injuries | |||||||||
| Date | Player | Status | |||||||
| 9/12 | B. Belt | Lumbar spine muscle spasms (10-day IL) | |||||||
| 9/2 | D. Jansen | Fractured right middle finger (10-day IL) | |||||||
| 8/28 | B. Bichette | Strained right quad (10-day IL) | |||||||
| 8/28 | M. Chapman | Right middle finger sprain (10-day IL) | |||||||
| 8/27 | E. Swanson | Thoracic spine inflammation (15-day IL) | |||||||
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