Get ready for another year of the Fernando Rodney experience.
The A's exercised their $5.25 million option to bring back the flamboyant 41-year-old reliever for 2019, rather than buying him out for $250,000. Rodney will have the potential to earn up to $6.25 million if he reaches certain incentive bonuses, according to a source familiar with the contract.
Rodney, who will turn 42 in March, went 4-3 with a 3.36 ERA and 1.46 WHIP in 68 appearances last season between Minnesota and Oakland. In his 22 regular season outings with the A's, the right-hander was 1-1 with a 3.