SEATTLE -- Andrés Muñoz , as expected, had his club option exercised by the Mariners and will return as Seattle’s closer in 2026 for $7 million.

The Mariners are still awaiting a decision from Jorge Polanco on his $6 million vesting player option, though they anticipate that he will decline it and become a free agent to seek a more lucrative, multiyear deal.

Polanco is the final player from Seattle’s 2025 roster who is still in a holding pattern as the offseason begins, as the rest of its impending free agents -- Josh Naylor, Eugenio Suárez, Caleb Ferguson, Luke Jackson and Mitch Garver -- have all officially reached that status and can begin signing with teams at 2 p.m. PT on Thursday.

Beyond Muñoz and Polanco, Garver was the only other player who had an option for ‘26 that could’v

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