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Delgado, Wakefield options exercised Email Print Share Associated Press NEW YORK — Options were exercised Friday on New York Mets first baseman Carlos Delgado and Boston pitcher Tim Wakefield, preventing them from becoming free agents. Delgado receives $12 million next year and Wakefield $4 million. Following a terrible start, the 36-year-old Delgado hit .308 with 27 homers and 80 RBIs in 84 games from June 27 on. That left him with a final average of .271 with 38 homers and 115 RBIs. “Carlos is a key part of our plans for 2009, and we wanted to let him know as quickly as allowed that we wanted him back,” Mets general manager Omar Minaya said in a statement. New York had until next Wednesday to exercise the option. If the Mets had declined, they would have owed a $4 million buyout. Wakefield, a 42-year-old knuckleballer, was 10-11 with a 4.13 ERA in 30 starts this year, his 14th season with Boston. He is second in club history with 1,797 strikeouts. Toronto exercised a $2.5 million op
Delgado, Wakefield options exercised Email Print Share Associated Press NEW YORK — Options were exercised Friday on New York Mets first baseman Carlos Delgado and Boston pitcher Tim Wakefield, preventing them from becoming free agents. Delgado receives $12 million next year and Wakefield $4 million. Following a terrible start, the 36-year-old Delgado hit .308 with 27 homers and 80 RBIs in 84 games from June 27 on. That left him with a final average of .271 with 38 homers and 115 RBIs. “Carlos is a key part of our plans for 2009, and we wanted to let him know as quickly as allowed that we wanted him back,” Mets general manager Omar Minaya said in a statement. New York had until next Wednesday to exercise the option. If the Mets had declined, they would have owed a $4 million buyout. Wakefield, a 42-year-old knuckleballer, was 10-11 with a 4.13 ERA in 30 starts this year, his 14th season with Boston. He is second in club history with 1,797 strikeouts. Toronto exercised a $2.5 million op
