Manny Ramirez to Exercise His Option, Remain with Dodgers in 2010

In a move that should come as a surprise to nobody, SI.com’s Jon Heyman is reporting that Manny Ramirez will exercise his $20 million player option for 2010.

Nobody in the Los Angeles Dodger organization should be surprised by this. This was a no-brainer decision for Ramirez. At the end of the day, Ramirez didn’t have any other options.

What was he going to do? Back out of his contract and test the free agent market?

No team was going to give him a multi-year deal, and no team was going to give him $20 million. Not after a year coming off a steroid suspension.

He had ...

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