Benjamin Grimm wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: The option may be an abomination but KRod IS well down the list of the reasons why the team is sucking right now. Yeah, it's not his skills that are the problem. But if he chews up $17.5 million worth of payroll in 2012, it will negatively impact the roster. I think the Mets will find some way to avoid being on the hook for that money. I still like the option, if all else fails, of releasing him after game 54. The wholesale dump in July may solve this..