“After a player is on the 40-man roster, he still has three or four Minor League options, according to a formula that is confusing even to some front office officials.”

It’d be nice if he explained it. If a team has used up all three a player’s options before that player’s been in professional baseball for five years, the team gets a fourth option on that player. So Scarpetta should wind up with four options unless he’s booted off the roster in the next couple years.