4 years agoPittsburgh Pirates first baseman Todd Frazier exercised the opt-out clause in his contract and will become a free agent, MLB Network's Jon Heyman reported Friday. Heyman adds that the Pirates had informed Frazier he was not going to make the team out of Spring Training, which led to Frazier opting out. Frazier had looked good in 12 games this spring, slashing .250/.353/.643 with three home runs and six RBI, and had appeared to be in line to platoon at first base with Colin Moran. Clearly though that wasn't going to be the case, and he will now try to latch on with another team. He can provide some power with his bat, so he could be worth a speculative add off the waiver-wire in deep-mixed leagues or in AL/NL-only formats depending on where he ends up.--Michael Grennell - RotoBaller
Source: Jon Heyman