Now that the World Series is over, teams across Major League Baseball will be forced to make some difficult decisions regarding some of their key players.
One of the decisions the New York Yankees had to make was in regards to reliever Zack Britton’s option. Britton, a Scott Boras client, had a bit of a different type of option than we all are accustomed too.
Boras has recently been negotiating “swellopts” in his clients contracts. For those of you are unfamiliar with the term, here’s a bit of a breakdown:
For the club (in this case, the Yankees), if the player performs well, the club can opt in (contract swells).