The Angels had a 45-day window in which Lamb had given advance consent to be optioned. (Normally a guy with more than 5 years service time can’t be optioned.) This is day 43, so they were running out of time to option him, as opposed to DFA’ing him. So they made this move to preserve depth.

The Angels had a 45-day window in which Lamb had given advance consent to be optioned. (Normally a guy with more than 5 years service time can’t be optioned.) This is day 43, so they were running out of time to option him, as opposed to DFA’ing him. So they made this move to preserve depth.

The Angels had a 45-day window in which Lamb had given advance consent to be optioned. (Normally a guy with more than 5 years service time could not be optioned.) This is day 43 of the season, so they were running out of time to option him, as opposed to DFA'ing him.

— Jeff Fletcher (@JeffFletcherOCR) May 12, 2023