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While free agency will dominate the conversation for most of the offseason, the first week following the World Series will bring about several important decisions that will help shape rosters for 2024.

More than 30 players have club options for next season, leaving their futures in the hands of their respective teams. But a handful of others possess either opt-out clauses or player options, giving them final say on whether they will test the open market this winter or remain with their teams going forward.

MLB.com takes a look at eight players who can opt out of their contracts at the end of the season, plus five others with player options in their respective deals.

Shohei Ohtani has often been lights-out on the mound. Last night, he was lights-out at the plate. He drilled a foul ball that took out some lights on a scoreboard, and a different scoreboard had something to say about it during his next at-bat.

It was impressive enough that second baseman Andrés Giménez got to a ground ball on the shortstop side of the diamond. But how he managed to get the forceout at second base is what made this the day’s top play.

Alex Rauso stole the show at the latest edition of Home Run Derby X by hitting a walk-off home run in each of his team’s two matchups and punctuating the latter with an epic bat toss.

Worcester is affectionately known as Wormtown, so the Red Sox’s Triple-A WooSox changed their name to the Wicked Worms for one night as a tribute, complete with alternate jerseys and caps.

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