When Victor Robles and the Washington Nationals avoided arbitration last winter, agreeing on a 1 year/$2.325M contract for 2023, there was a 2024 club option in the deal, but it was declined by the Nationals on Thursday, as they announced on X/Twitter, noting, however, “... Robles remains under team control and is eligible for salary arbitration this offseason.”
“The outfielder is not a free agent as he has less than six years of service time and the club could decide to tender him an arbitration contract for next year,” as mlbtraderumors.com’s Darragh McDonald explained in an article on the Nats’ decision yesterday.