Yasmani Grandal signs with Brewers - 1 year, $16 million. Mutual option for 2020.

[KeithStone53151]

This went from a great deal to a ridiculous deal with the team option. Grandal must have really wanted to come here.

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Grandal: $16M - 2019. Club option 2020 for $16M or $2.25M buyout. $100,000 for MVP ($75,000-2nd; $50,000-3rd)

$50,000 for Comeback Player of the Year

$50,000 for All Star

$50,000 for Silver Slugger

$50,000 for Aaron

$25,000 for Gold Glove

$25,000 for LCS/MVP

$50,000 for WS/MVP

 

Wow... we have a club option for 2020....

Hey, even better!

[owbc]

 

Oh! A one year $16 million deal with a TEAM option for $16 million for next season. Am I reading this right?

 

That has to be a mutual option, right???

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Interesting details here. Grandal's contract not merely one-year deal. It's one-year with a club option for 2020, with a buyout that increases guarantee to $18.25 million. So, Grandal will not be highest-paid #Brewers player in 2019. That goes to Ryan Braun at $18 million.

 

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Grandal deal includes club option for second year…

 

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Yasmani Grandal's deal with the Milwaukee Brewers is actually a one-year deal that includes a mutual 2020 option, league sources tell ESPN. The deal has a $16 million base and $2.25 million buyout on a $16 million option.

Mutual options rarely, if ever, get exercised.

 

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The #Brewers are actually paying Yasmani Grandal just $16 million this year but there’s a $16 million club option in 2020 or a $2.25 million buyout

 

STILL SOME CONFUSION

[KeithStone53151]

I've seen multiple sources say team option. A mutual or player option would make way more sense. This honestly seems to good to be true.

[SRB]

That's kind of a huge detail! Incredible signing if it's a team option.

[mattyo]

Crossing my fingers that it is actually a club option.

[KeithStone53151]

Passan tweeted it is a mutual option, NOT a team option.

 

[wallus]

This would make sense as to why teams inquired on Manny Pina

[FVBrewerFan]

Let's wait a bit, there have been instances recently where the team option did end up being a mutual option. It does sound better already, but I want to see the official details.

[long ball]

So if all goes well it's a 2/$32 + award bonuses. If it goes poorly in 2019, it's the 1/$18.25 we expected.

 

I don't see how this is anything other than a great deal for the Brewers.

 

Edit: Passan and Rosenthal reporting it's a mutual option. So that's unlikely to be to actually be exercised by both sides so it's basically the original deal we thought it was.

[SRB]

Yeah there's no way or reason he would have taken a club option.

 

A mutual option makes more sense because it basically replicates a qualifying offer without the negative effects if he declines.

[xisxisxis]

On a "Mutual Option", if the Team exercises the option and the player decline is the team still in the hook for the "buyout"?

[SRB]

On a "Mutual Option", if the Team exercises the option and the player decline is the team still in the hook for the "buyout"?

 

Yes, I believe so

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Source confirms: Grandal’s option with #Brewers is indeed a mutual option, as @JeffPassan said.

[markedman5]

Too good to be true

[KeithStone53151]

Even with the mutual option, it's still generally beneficial that the buyout is a 2020 item and not 2019. That $2 million could still not us a decent bounceback candidate or low end 2b option pending the market.

[FVBrewerFan]

Let's wait a bit, there have been instances recently where the team option did end up being a mutual option. It does sound better already, but I want to see the official details.

 

I'm shocked I tell you.

[liveforoctober]

I'm really excited for his bat. Such a great annual candidate for "left handed hitter who comes to Miller Park and power numbers jump" (see: Shaw, Yelich, Lind, Thames, etc etc)

 

27, 22, 24 HR's the last 3 seasons hitting in Dodgers Stadium... we just added a 30HR bat at the catcher position hitting in Miller Park. Pretty awesome.

 

A .245/.345/.475 with 30 HRs isn't an unreasonable estimate if he stays healthy, correct? Let's gooo!

[TooLiveBrew]

I'm really excited for his bat. Such a great annual candidate for "left handed hitter who comes to Miller Park and power numbers jump" (see: Shaw, Yelich, Lind, Thames, etc etc)

 

27, 22, 24 HR's the last 3 seasons hitting in Dodgers Stadium... we just added a 30HR bat at the catcher position hitting in Miller Park. Pretty awesome.

 

A .245/.345/.475 with 30 HRs isn't an unreasonable estimate if he stays healthy, correct? Let's gooo!

OPS v RHP the past three seasons:

 

.844

.790

.824

 

Yes please. Very excited about this add.

[xisxisxis]

Might want to fix the title of the thread. Passan didn't confuse anyone - he was correct and the others are wrong (Haudricourt and Rosenthal have both sent corrected tweets to reflect "Mutual Option")...

[KCBrewerfan34]

Isn't the mutual option just a way to defer some money?

[OnTheBlack]

On a "Mutual Option", if the Team exercises the option and the player decline is the team still in the hook for the "buyout"?

 

Yes, I believe so

 

 

I thought they were not on the hook if the player declined but the team did not.

[PlayerHader]

It wouldn’t make sense for a team to pay a buyout if the player is the one backing away. Can someone confirm?

[JosephC]

https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/mlb/brewers/2018/10/30/moustakas-soria-decline-options-brewers-become-free-agents/1825578002/

 

I'm pretty sure Moustakas declined before the Brewers declined and he received the buyout.