AJ Pollock patted his batting helmet doing the team’s patented “Dunkin’ on ‘Em” home run celebration, as he rounded the bases after crushing his second home run of the night in the Dodgers dramatic comeback win over the Padres Wednesday night. Pollock’s 19th home run of the season, came on his 408th plate appearance of the year, leaving him just 25 plate appearances shy of being able to exercise an opt-out clause that would allow him to enter free agency at season’s end.
Per MLBtraderumors, Pollock’s 4-year $55 million contract that he signed in January of 2019, included an opt-out of the 2022 season and a $5 million buyout if he reached a combined 1,450 plate appearances from 2019-2021 or 1000 total from 2022-2021.