Some Other Moves from Last Week

Now that the World Series is over, we will start seeing a flurry of transactions in the coming days. Last week was no exception. I've already discussed the J.J. Hardy-Carlos Gomez trade, but wanted to make mention of some of the other moves completed last week.

- Philadelphia exercised Cliff Lee's 2010 option. No surprise here. Cliff pitched amazingly down the stretch for the Phillies. Now they need to start working on a contract extension and keep him there even longer.
- Manny Ramirez will return to the Dodgers on his exercised option. Also not a huge surprise to me here. Manny likes it in Los Angeles, and probably knew that he would never get $20 million on the open market this season.
- Brandon Webb had his 2010 option exercised as well. Based on how much the buyout was ($2 M), it wasn't a huge surprise that it was picked up. Well worth the risk in my opinion.
- Jermaine Dye had his option for 2010 bought out, and became a free agent. He'll catch on somewhere, as he is still a productive outfielder. Just not at the price of his 2010 option.