For him to retire with that much salary left, there has to be some sort of buyout.
Edit: nevermind. He is still getting paid his salary and it is counting against luxury tax.
I have him penciled in as going to Tampa. Opened up 2 spots declining Morton's option and trading Snell. Can give him an MLB deal and guarantee a rotation spot day 1.
What?
Personally, before we start paying Giolito top of the rotation free agent type money, I'd rather wait another year to see how he does over another full season.
On the flip side, teams that are fringe playoff teams could look to add to compete (or not) instead of tearing it down and selling off now or at the deadline.