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Originally Posted by panda234
Maybe a player who has reached the point that he can't trigger the vesting clause isn't newsworthy.
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I used Cot's because it simply has the largest repository of current and former contracts with all of their various clauses listed out. The circumstance itself is probably fairly rare. But so far, there's no evidence out there that vesting clauses in contracts act the way OOTP does them, and all evidence available points to the exact opposite.
Here's some more evidence that options don't automatically vest when you're released:
As noted in the original update, both Nick Swisher and Michael Bourn had vesting options for the 2017 season as well, but those options were negated when each was released from the four-year contracts they initially signed with the Indians.
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/...-update-3.html
And another one:
Scott Downs, White Sox: Downs had a $4MM vesting option that would have vested with 55 appearances, as MLBTR’s Tim Dierkes reported in June (via Twitter). Though he appeared to be headed in that direction earlier in the year, the White Sox cut bait with Downs and his then-6.08 ERA. He owns a 3.55 mark over 12 2/3 innings with the Royals — who signed him to a separate, minor-league deal — and has now thrown in 53 games, but the vesting clause is now a moot point.
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/...-update-2.html
And another one:
Kevin Gregg — $6MM option vests with 50 games finished. Gregg finished only 13 games before the Orioles released him last weekend.
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/...ns-update.html
So that's basically six players I have found documentation for that were released with vesting clauses in their contracts, and all six didn't get vested.