1.   And any option year in contracts will be converted to a fixed year with no right to arbitration.

2.   And so the decision was made not to pick up the option year on his contract, which led to his feeling betrayed.

3.   -- DON MALONEY said he had tendered a four-year offer to STEVE THOMAS, who is in the option year of his contract.

4.   ABC officials were gushing about the agreement to televise the national championship game for four years, plus three option years.

5.   But Edgar Martinez had one less worry Tuesday when the Mariners picked up the option year on his contract.

6.   But it did not reject the proposal on the option year.

7.   But the Indians proposed three years plus an option year, with a signing bonus and incentives.

8.   But the club had penciled in Deion Sanders in center, and Nixon signed a two-year deal with Boston with an option year.

9.   Colorado seems more intent on offering a two-year deal with an option year.

10.   Each contract also included an option year with no additional money guaranteed, a form that would become a staple in all of their young-player contracts.