MLB NEWS: Kansas City Royals, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals and Other Clubs Exercising and Declining Team Options

The Kansas City Royals, Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals have so far made the most high-profile moves in exercising/declining team options for the 2016 season. Here's the full list of MLB teams and their transactions regarding players with team/mutual options for next year.

Arizona Diamondbacks

Exercised Brad Ziegler's $5.5 million team option

Exercised Josh Collmenter's $2 million mutual option

Atlanta Braves

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Baltimore Orioles

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Boston Red Sox

Exercised Clay Buchholz's $13 million team option

Chicago Cubs

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Chicago White Sox

Declined Alexei Ramirez's $10 million team option($1 million buyout)

Cincinnati Reds

Declined Burke Badenhop's $4 million team option ($1.5 million buyout)

Declined Skip Schumaker's $2.5 million team option ($500K buyout)

Cleveland Indians

Declined Ryan Raburn's $3 million team option ($100K buyout)

Colorado Rockies

Declined Justin Morneau's $9 million mutual option ($750K buyout)

Detroit Tigers

Declined Joe Nathan's $10 million team option ($1 million buyout)

Houston Astros

Declined Chad Qualls' $3.5 million team option ($250K buyout)

Kansas City Royals

Declined Alex Rios' $12.5 million mutual option ($1.5 million buyout)

Declined Jeremy Guthrie's $10 million mutual option ($3.2 million buyout)

Declined Jonny Gomes' $3 million team option

Exercised Wade Davis' $8 million team option

Exercised Alcides Escobar's $5.25 million team option

Los Angeles Angels

Declined David Murphy's $7 million team option ($500K buyout)

Los Angeles Dodgers

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Miami Marlins

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Milwaukee Brewers

Exercised Adam Lind's $8 million team option

Minnesota Twins

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New York Mets

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New York Yankees

Declined Andrew Bailey's $2 million team option

Oakland Athletics

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Philadelphia Phillies

Declined Cliff Lee's $27.5 million team option ($12.5 million buyout)

Pittsburgh Pirates

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San Diego Padres

Exercised Jaoquin Benoit's $7.5 million team option

Declined Clint Barmes' $2 million team option ($200K buyout)

Declined Corey Luebke's $7.5 million team option ($1.5 million buyout)

San Francisco Giants

Declined Nori Aoki's $5.5 million team option ($750K buyout)

Declined Marlon Byrd's $8 million team option (no buyout)

Seattle Mariners

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St. Louis Cardinals

Exercised Jaime Garcia's $11.5 million team option

Declined Jonathan Broxton's $9 million team option ($2 million buyout)

Tampa Bay Rays

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Texas Rangers

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Toronto Blue Jays

Exercised Jose Bautista's $14 million team option

Exercised R.A. Dickey's $12 million team option

Exercised Edwin Encarnacion's $10 million team option

Declined Maicer Izturis' $3 million team option ($1 million buyout)

Washington Nationals

Declined Casey Janssen's $7 million mutual option ($1.5 million buyout)

Declined Nate McLouth's $6.5 million team option ($750K buyout)

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