Red Sox Exercise Garrett Whitlock's $8.25 Million Option
The Boston Red Sox of Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, announced on November 1 that they have exercised the one-year, $8.25 million club option on right-hander Garrett Whitlock, keeping the 30-year-old reliever in Boston.
Whitlock served last season as the setup man ahead of closer Aroldis Chapman, going 7-2 with a 1.72 ERA in 54 relief appearances, with 59 strikeouts and only nine walks in 52 1/3 innings. After the Red Sox were eliminated from the playoffs, it was revealed that Whitlock had pitched the final month with a fractured tibia.
Whitlock has spent all six of his major league seasons with Boston, appearing in 219 games (23 starts) with a 32-16 record and a 2.93 ERA. Exercising the option keeps a core piece of the Red Sox bullpen's late-inning group in place.
(Source: Reuters)
Source: Reuters
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