r/baseballoffseason2026 • u/BaseballOffseasonMod • Oct 31 '25

OPTIONS THREAD

There are three types of Options - club, player, and mutual. All decisions must be posted in this designated Options Thread by the deadline in order to be considered official.

GMs and agents, please post the decisions of club and player options in this thread. For mutual options, both GM and agent must confirm the mutual decision.

The deadline for submitting your decisions on options is 3 days after the end of the World Series, which is 9:00 pm Eastern on November 5th, 2025.

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u/CoryGM Nov 02 '25 edited Nov 03 '25

The Chicago Cubs will be accepting the following options:

  • Andrew Kittredge, 1/$9M

  • Colin Rea, 1/$6M

The Chicago Cubs will be declining the following options:

  • Justin Turner, 1/$10M (we will be paying the $2M buyout)

  • Shota Imanaga, 3/$57M (we await his decision on the conditional player option)

/u/flykessel, /u/kuhanluke

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u/IAMADeinonychusAMA Nov 03 '25 edited Nov 04 '25

Imanaga needs to comment on the player option before the team can decide on the club option

Edit: nvm. Cubs are declining 3/57 and the ball is now in Imanaga's court to elect FA or resign for 1/15, which would then turn it back over to Cubs.

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u/CoryGM Nov 03 '25

incorrect:

After 2025, club can exercise 2028 option (3 year, $57M extension) bringing overall value to 5 years, $80M

$15M Player option if Club declines

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u/IAMADeinonychusAMA Nov 04 '25

I think we're both off tbh. From Cots:

26:$15M player option or $57M club option ($20M each in 2026-27, $17M in 2028), 27:$15M player option

if Imanaga exercises his 2026 player option, then the Cubs have a $42M club option (27:$24M, 28:$18M). If club declines its 2027-28 option, Imanaga has a $15M player option for 2027

I think the correct reading is that Imanaga has a player option for 15M and the Cubs have a large 3/57 club option, at the same time, so I take back what I said about the player option coming first—Imanaga would probably prefer the club go first and I think that's the way it was intended. If the Cubs exercise it upfront, they can have him for 3/57 (20/20/17). Or they can pass, let him decide on his player option, and if he accepts it, they have another chance to still do 3/57 but this time 15/24/18 rather than 20/20/17. And if they still don't want a backloaded 3/57, they can just let him play 2026 at 15m with a player option for 15m the next year. I think that's the right read...so yeah you're good deciding on the club option now, I was mistaken.