The Brewers are buying out Francisco Rodriguez’s vesting option, opening the door to him taking over as the club’s closer.
Francisco Rodriguez’s Option Eliminated: K-Rod Available To Close Games For Brewers
But tie goes to the bigger name, so the Brewers bought out the vesting option for K-Rod for an as-yet undisclosed amount, according to Ken Rosenthal, freeing the once-closer to be the Brewers’ now-closer. By getting rid of the option, Rodriguez will be a free agent after this season.
It’s possible that while Axford and Rodriguez have had similar success this year, it was more important to keep the latter pitcher happy. Whatever the case, the Brewers have a better bullpen than they did before the All-Star Game. We don’t yet know what it’s going to cost them. And chalk another one up for Scott Boras.
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