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Outfielder Executes Option, Stay with Nine
“My actions were taken in the heat of an emotional loss,” he said. “I apologize for the injury I caused, and I hope we can put this in the past.”
Costello then proceeded to announce that he was planning to execute the $9M option he held with the team. “I think I can play full time someplace else,” he said. “But this is a really good team, and I want to be part of its future.” Costello has been relegated to a platoon role with the Nine and had been reported to be off-put by the club’s response to his requests to play against right handed pitching.
The veteran will turn 30 years old early next season, and came to Yellow Springs in a mid-season deal two seasons ago that saw Jose Camacho and Michel Noel go to the Tropics.
The news closes the door on the primary source of uncertainty in the club’s off-season and likely means that fellow veteran Grant Lee will see his ties with the club severed. With RHB prospect Bret Powers in the wings, there’s unlikely to be playing time for a third right handed batter in the Nine outfield.