In a pair of unsurprising moves, the Minnesota Twins announced today they were not picking up team options for 2019 for neither Ervin Santana nor Logan Morrison. The team will instead pay each player $1 million, buying out their contracts and making each player a free agent. Santana’s option was worth $14 million, while Morrison’s was worth $8 million.
While it may be unlikely that either player returns to the Twins next season under a new contract, this news does not make that impossible. Both players will be able to sign as any free agent would with a team that offers them a contract- The Twins are not excluded from contract conversations, despite declining their offers.