Lifelong New Yorker Dellin Betances is set to stay here for 2021.
The Mets' righthanded reliever exercised his player option for next season on Sunday. He chose a guaranteed $6.8 million salary over a $3 million buyout and the opportunity to be a free agent.
Heading into the offseason, Betances is a 6-8, 265-pound question mark. He had a 7.71 ERA and 2.06 WHIP in 15 games — and missed three-plus weeks because of a right lat injury — in 2020.