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The Dodgers declined to pick up 2024 options on right-handers Lance Lynn, Daniel Hudson, Alex Reyes and Joe Kelly
Lynn gets a $1 million buyout rather than an $18 million salary for 2024, and Reyes receives a $100,000 buyout rather than a $3 million salary. Hudson’s option was for $1 million. Kelly gets a $1 million buyout instead of a $9.5 million salary, finishing a $17 million, two-year contract.
Lynn, 36, was 7-2 with a 4.36 ERA in 11 starts for the Dodgers after joining the team in a July trade. Hudson made only three relief appearances this season due to injuries, and Reyes has missed the past two years with a shoulder injury.
Kelly, 35, was 1-0 with a 1.74 ERA in 11 relief appearances after he was obtained from the White Sox along with Lynn. He went 2-5 with a 4.23 ERA overall in 42 games.
Meanwhile, left-hander Sean Manaea has opted out of his 2024 contract with the San Francisco Giants, becoming a free agent.
Also Sunday: San Diego Padres pitcher Nick Martinez became a free agent after he and the team both declined options for 2024 and 2025.
San Diego turned down options at $16 million annually, and Martinez declined options at $8 million per year.
Left-hander Brad Hand‘s $7 million mutual option was declined Sunday by the Atlanta Braves, allowing the reliever to become a free agent.
The 33-year-old three-time All-Star was acquired from Colorado on Aug. 1 and went 2-2 with a 7.50 ERA in 20 games for the Braves. The option originally was a team option but became mutual because of the trade.
Reliever Hector Neris declined his part of an $8.5 million mutual option for 2024 with the Houston Astros and became a free agent. Neris gets a $1 million buyout, completing a $17 million, two-year contract.
The Boston Red Sox on Saturday declined a $4.25 million option on left-hander Joely Rodriguez, who gets a $500,000 buyout. Rodríguez, who turns 32 on Nov. 14, had a 6.55 ERA over 11 relief appearances and 11 innings in his one season with Boston.
Left-hander Jarlín García‘s $3.25 million team option was declined by the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night. He did not pitch in the 2023 regular season because of a nerve injury in his upper left arm.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
