LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers have exercised their half of a $2 million mutual option for next season on outfielder Scott Podsednik.
He has until Thursday to decline or exercise his side of the option.
Podsednik joined the Dodgers in a late July trade from the Kansas City Royals. He became the regular left fielder after leg injuries to Manny Ramirez.
Podsednik, who turns 35 in the offseason, missed the final few weeks of the season with plantar fasciitis.
For the season, he hit .297 with 35 stolen bases and 63 runs in 595 at-bats.
The option carried a $100,000 buyout if the Dodgers had declined. If Podsednik declines, he doesn’t get the buyout.
