Less Than 3 Hours To Decide Options

fjk090852-7 · Post by **fjk090852-7** » Sun Nov 03, 2019 1:06 am

By midnight the Bucs should decide on the options for Marte and Archer. I am surprised nothing has been announced yet. With all the changing of the guard, I hope this didn’t slip their mind.

Bobster21 · Post by **Bobster21** » Sun Nov 03, 2019 1:14 am

7B77762D242D25282F302A1D0 wrote: By midnight the Bucs should decide on the options for Marte and Archer. I am surprised nothing has been announced yet. With all the changing of the guard, I hope this didn’t slip their mind.
I don't think there's any doubt that they pick up those options. It could be that they've already done so but neglected to announce it due to all the changes.

johnfluharty · Post by **johnfluharty** » Sun Nov 03, 2019 1:35 pm

I read somewhere yesterday that they'd already picked up Mare's option, but I can't remember where I read it.

fjk090852-7 · Post by **fjk090852-7** » Sun Nov 03, 2019 3:20 pm

I am a little surprised they have not issued a press release on these player options. As of now we can assume they picked up the Marte, and Archer options, but it would be a surprise if somehow we heard they did not pick up the Archer option. Sometimes the Pirates “ close to the vest “ attitude is a little ridiculous.

mouse · Post by **mouse** » Sun Nov 03, 2019 3:49 pm

I just wonder if Nutting considers this at all when he talks of communicating better. They don't keep this from other teams with this cloak of secrecy, only their own fans.

BenM · Post by **BenM** » Sun Nov 03, 2019 4:50 pm

Spotrac, the sports contract site, lists the Pirates as having exercised their option on Marte today.

There is no mention of Archer.

fjk090852-7 · Post by **fjk090852-7** » Sun Nov 03, 2019 7:53 pm

694E45662B0 wrote: Spotrac, the sports contract site, lists the Pirates as having exercised their option on Marte today.

There is no mention of Archer.
That is interesting if they did not exercise the Archer option. That would really make that trade one of the worsts in team history, by just releasing Archer.

Ecbucs · Post by **Ecbucs** » Sun Nov 03, 2019 9:02 pm

4F4342191019111C1B041E290 wrote: Spotrac, the sports contract site, lists the Pirates as having exercised their option on Marte today.

There is no mention of Archer.
That is interesting if they did not exercise the Archer option. That would really make that trade one of the worsts in team history, by just releasing Archer.

and they could use the money that would have gone to Archer to bring Ivan Nova back.

mouse · Post by **mouse** » Sun Nov 03, 2019 10:18 pm

I'm sure they exercised the option. They just haven't bothered to mention it. They wouldn't just let him walk. Someone on a trade would give them something for him. I suspect this is all part of Nutting's new transparency move.

BenM · Post by **BenM** » Mon Nov 04, 2019 2:06 am

0D0F151305600 wrote: I'm sure they exercised the option. They just haven't bothered to mention it. They wouldn't just let him walk. Someone on a trade would give them something for him. I suspect this is all part of Nutting's new transparency move.

The team has to notify MLB (and Archer) if they exercise the option. They can't do it secretly.

I think they probably did, but the more time that passes after the deadline, the more I wonder.