Yesterday, I examined Aroldis Chapman’s opt-out clause that would allow him to re-enter free agency after the 2019 season. Chapman’s the only player that could opt out of his contract with the Yankees after this year, but he’s not the only Yankee with a very interesting impending opt-out question. Giancarlo Stanton’s opt-out clause looms two years in the distance, and after one year in pinstripes, the picture regarding Stanton’s contract status is ever murkier.
Part of the reason the Yankees’ pursuit of Stanton last winter was so fascinating was the complicating factor of his opt-out clause.