The 10 MLB players who have opted out of the 2020 season including David Price

Castillo was a non-roster invite by the Nationals and would have had a hard time making the roster with Washington already having Yan Gomes and Kurt Suzuki at backstop. After a career-year in 2017 with the Orioles, he had just a .695 OPS the last two seasons for the White Sox.

Since signing a five year, $70 million deal with the Rockies in 2017, Desmond has mostly seen regular action but with very little success. According to Baseball-Reference, he has accumulated an atrocious -3.2 WAR in his three years with Colorado.

The 2010 AL Cy Young, Hernandez has been a shell of his former self in recent years but looked good in spring training as he was vying to make the Braves rotation. He easily had career-worsts of a 6.40 ERA and 1.53 WHIP in 15 starts with the Mariners last season.

Leake won his first Gold Glove last year in the AL despite being traded by the Mariners to the Diamondbacks on July 31. In. 10 starts with Arizona, the 32-year-old went 3-3 with a 4.35 ERA and 1.37 WHIP.

The 36-year-old Markakis will not add to his career total of 2,355 hits (fourth-most amongst active players) in 2020. He hit ..285 with a .776 OPS in 2019 and was a first-time All-Star in 2018.

Pitching last year for the first time in the big leagues since 2015, Noesi struggled as he put up an 8.46 ERA in 27.2 innings for the Marlins. The 33-year-old was a non-roster invite by the Pirates before deciding not to play this year.

Price, the 2011 AL Cy Young, will have to wait a year to make his Dodgers debut after he and Mookie Betts were traded from the Red Sox, as according to ESPN, he opted out due to health concerns. The 34-year-old put up his worst numbers in a decade last year finishing with a 4.28 ERA and 1.31 WHIP in 22 starts.

The Game 5 starter in last year’s World Series for the Nationals, the 27-year-old Ross was expected to be in the mix to be the team’s fifth starter in 2020. Last season in 27 appearances (nine starts), he didn’t perform wry well to the tune of a 5.48 ERA and 1.67 WHIP.

The 33-year-old Ross was actually released by the Giants prior to opting out. An All-Star in 2014, he made just seven starts last year for the Tigers and wasn’t very good (6.11 ERA, 1.67 WHIP).

One of the more popular players in Washington team history, the 35-year-old Zimmerman helped guide the Nationals to their first World Series victory in 2019. He has become more of a platoon player as his career has advanced, and he hit .257 with six homers in 171 at-bats last year.