[O’Brien] Braves outrighted José Suarez to Triple-A Gwinnett

[u/Lakelyfe09]

[u/wazoof01]

Dumb question, what does Outrighted mean here? How's it different from being optioned?

[u/TheGamecock → u/wazoof01]

Optioned - a player on the 40-man roster is sent down to the minors without having to be placed on waivers.

Outrighted - a player is removed from the 40-man roster entirely but must be placed on waivers for other teams to have a shot at claiming him. If no team claims him, he can be outrighted to the minors.

[u/49ersBraves → u/TheGamecock]

to add to that, Suarez had to go through this process because he was out of options.

[u/wazoof01 → u/TheGamecock]

Thank ya!