Pittsburgh Pirates Options Used in 2022

For two years running, I have broken down options used and service time accrued after the season. Obviously, we still have about a week left to go, but in an effort to spread out some topics and fit everything into a packed offseason article schedule, I decided to look at players who used options this week.

Honestly, at this point, no one who hasn’t used an option yet for 2022 is going to use one before the season lets out, so the list shouldn’t change between now and then. If it does, well, I’ll let you know next week.

For the uninitiated, any player that was optioned for 20 or more days—in total, not necessarily consecutively—by rule use an option year. The following is a list of players…