St. Louis extends Jaime Garcia; 4 yrs./$27.5M (w/two additional club options)

[TooLiveBrew]

[T]here is always risk when extending players early on in their careers

and there is even more risk when doing so with pitchers. At only 25

years old last week and posting excellent numbers already, though,

Garcia was an asset just screaming to be locked up. The Cardinals saved

themselves the chore of arbitration battles, may have saved some cash

over those three years, and now have the option to retain a

cornerstone-quality starting pitcher for two of his free agent seasons.

Sometimes, baseball operations really are that simple.

FanGraphs post by Jack Moore

 

I don't think information on the club options has been released yet.

[TheCrew07]

I love those multiple option years in deals for pitchers.