It allows the teams an additional year to move a player up and down if they so decide.
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Players typically have three minor league options — basically three seasons in which they can be sent down from the majors without being subjected to waivers. But in some cases often involving stretches of missed time due to injury, a player who has amassed less than five full pro seasons can become eligible for a fourth option.
Pereira, who was ranked the 67th-best prospect by Baseball America going into last season, underwent season-ending elbow surgery last June. He is not viewed as a finished enough project to have made the Yankees as a starter and — if he were out of options — the Yanks might have had to keep him on the bench in 2025 rather than risk losing him for nothing on waivers.
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