If you aren’t quite sure how options work, now you do.
The most pertinent part to this here thing is, “Once all of the options have been used up on a player, a player is considered “out of options” and a player must be placed on and clear waivers prior to being sent down to the minor leagues.” MLBTradeRumors is reporting that a good handful of interesting players are out of options this spring. Most of the good ones will likely stick with their current teams (ex: Amir Garrett with the Reds), but there will invariably be a few that are squeezed off their current 40-man rosters and be made available on waivers.