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Matt Wieters exercises $10.5 million player option

Washington Nationals v New York Mets

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 18: Matt Wieters #32 of the Washington Nationals waits to bat in the second inning against the New York Mets at Citi Field on June 18, 2017 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

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MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand reports that Matt Wieters intends to exercise his $10.5 million option for 2018.

An easy decision for Wieters, as he’s coming off a terrible 2017 at the plate and would not get anything approaching $10.5 million on the open market. Weiters was one of the worst-hitting regulars in baseball in 2017 with a .225/.288/.344 batting line. His defense, once his calling card, is not what it once was and his multiple defensive blunders in Game 5 of the NLDS against the Cubs helped cost the Nationals the game.

That kinda stinks, but it’s nice to have that $10.5 million option to fall back on and, hopefully, put together a bounceback year in 2018.

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