Jake O

[Walt_Bond]

You failed to read this post in the trade thread from yesterday…

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So Odorizzi has a $6.5MM player option for next season but it can be bought out for $3.25MM. But as noted in the article below it bumps up to $12.5MM and $6.25MM respectively if he pitches in 30 games in which he records 12 or more outs in 2021-22. With today’s game the Chron notes he’s now pitched in 29 such games.

That makes his potential effective cost to an acquiring team $9MM (remaining $2.67MM salary for this season plus the cost of the buyout). Of course the Astros could always send cash in any deal. And if he’s not dealt the team will have an interesting decision to make this offseason. One that would have been a foregone conclusion earlier (and still might be).

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/astros/article/Astros-Jake-Odorizzi-center-field-trade-deadline-17341909.php