Arrivals and Departures (12/3/2012)

After a long hiatus, I am updating the information on the 40 man roster designations in terms of who has how many options left.

First though, I'd like to run down some basic points on options:

• When a contract is purchased, a player can be optioned to the minors three times (unless player was signed an MLB contract under the pre-2012 draft rules then he has 4 total options or if an "amateur" international free agent is signed to a MLB contract--most established amateur players like Wei-Yin Chen will negotiate for teams to not be able to use options).
• An option counts as expended if the player spends more than 20 days in the minors based on that assignment.
• Only one option can be expended each season, but a player can be sent up and down between the Majors and Minors as many times as possible in that season under that option.
• Players who have options remaining and more than 5 years of MLB experience must give consent to an option being used.
• A Rule 5 player cannot be sent to the minors (unless on injury rehabilitation) the year he was draft.  The following year, he will retain all remaining options.

If you have any further questions about this issue or other baseball related issues, feel free to email us at CamdenDepot@gmail.com.

Transactions of the last few weeks:

November 20, 2012 - Traded Robert Andino to Mariners for Trayvon Robinson
November 28, 2012 - Purchased Danny Valencia from the Red Sox
November 30, 2012 - Lost Joe Mahoney to Marlins via Waivers
November 30, 2012 - Traded Jhondaniel Medina to Pirates for Yamaico Navarro
November 30, 2012 - Non-tendered Mark Reynolds, Omar Quintanilla, and Stu Pomeranz

Current 40 Man Roster with Options:

	Options Remaining
	*	3	2	1
Pitchers
Jake Arrieta		7/6/2012	O	O
Luis Ayala		X	X	X
Mike Belfiore		O	O	O
Zach Britton		7/9/2011	6/6/2012	O
Dylan Bundy	3/11/2012	O	O	O
Wei-Yin Chen		|	|	|
Zach Clark		O	O	O
Miguel Gonzalez		O	O	O
Jason Hammel		X	X	X
Tommy Hunter		8/16/2008	4/1/2009	5/7/2012
Jim Johnson		6/3/2006	3/12/2007	5/1/2010
Steve Johnson		6/3/2012	O	O
Brian Matusz	3/14/2009	6/30/2011	7/1/2012	O
Darren O'Day		5/13/2008	O	O
Troy Patton		3/14/2009	3/15/2010	3/11/2011
Pedro Strop		3/24/2010	5/4/2011	O
Chris Tillman		3/30/2010	5/29/2011	3/31/2012
Tsuyoshi Wada		|	|	|
Catchers
Luis Exposito		3/17/2011	3/23/2012	O
Taylor Teagarden		7/21/2008	4/27/2010	3/29/2011
Matt Wieters		O	O	O
Infielders
Wilson Betemit		X	X	X
Alexi Casilla		3/23/2007	3/14/2008	5/6/2009
Chris Davis		7/6/2009	4/23/2010	3/29/2011
Ryan Flaherty		O	O	O
J.J. Hardy		X	X	X
Manny Machado		O	O	O
Yamaico Navarro		3/17/2011	5/29/2012	O
Steve Pearce		3/17/2008	3/28/2009	4/4/2010
Brian Roberts		X	X	X
Jonathan Schoop		O	O	O
Danny Valencia		3/19/2010	5/9/2012	O
Outfielders
Xavier Avery		5/29/2012	O	O
L.J. Hoes		O	O	O
Adam Jones		X	X	X
Nick Markakis		X	X	X
Nolan Reimold		3/20/2009	5/12/2010	3/28/2011
Trayvon Robinson		3/18/2010	3/14/2011	3/17/2012