The Philadelphia Phillies’ management didn’t wait long to start thinking about their 2022 season and among their first moves was to get out of outfielder Andrew McCutchen and decline the $ 11.5 million option on Odubel Herrera.
It is not a secret that the Quakers, together with their president of operations, Dave Dombrowski, hope to lower costs for the next campaign and thus be able to use their emerging talent from day one and apparently, “El Torito” is not among his main plans for the coming contest.
This Wednesday, a day after the end of the World Series, with the Atlanta Braves as champions, Philadelphia chose to pay $ 3 million to McCutchen instead of the $ 15 million for the next season and at the same time they awarded $ 2.5 million to the Zulian, but Unlike McCutchen, who is now a free agent, they will have the rights to Odubel Herrera to go to one final salary arbitration.
Herrera still belongs to the Philadelphia Phillies, however, he will have to wait until December 2 to find out what his future will be.
If he does not receive a contract for the 2022 contest, he will be able to declare himself as a free agent for the first time in his career in the Major Leagues.
