Frankie Montas Won’t Opt Out Of Final Year Of Mets Contract

The Mets announced their full slate of option decisions, including the previously-unreported (but completely unsurprising) news that Frankie Montas won’t be triggering the opt-out clause in his contract.  The two-year, $34MM contract Montas signed last offseason allowed the right-hander to walk away from the deal after the first season, but Montas will stay put and earn another $17MM salary in 2026.
Shoulder surgery wiped out almost all of Montas’ 2023 season, and he returned to