Rather than accept or decline the club option for 2017 on Carlos Ruiz, the Dodgers instead are nearing a trade that would send the catcher to the Mariners, per Jon Heyman of Today’s Knuckleball. Ruiz had a limited no-trade clause that he waived to facilitate the deal, per Joel Sherman of the New York Post.
Sherman also reported that the Dodgers would receive one pitcher on the Mariners’ 40-man roster on the deal. Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register described the transaction as being in its “final stages.”
Neither team has yet announced the trade.