Tanaka decides to stay with Yankees

NEW YORK » Masahiro Tanaka decided to stay with the New York Yankees and not exercise the right to opt out of the remaining three seasons of his contract.

A right-hander who turned 29 on Wednesday, Tanaka was 13-12 with a 4.74 ERA, the highest of his four seasons with Yankees, and he allowed a career-high 35 home runs. He was on the disabled list for nearly two weeks in August because of right shoulder inflammation, then went 5-2 in his last seven regular-season starts.

Tanaka excelled in the playoffs. That led to speculation he might give up the $67 million still owed on his $155 million, seven-year deal and test the market.

“It was a simple decision for me as I have truly enjoyed the past four years playing for this organization,” he said in a statement released by the team on Friday. “I’m committed to our goal of bringing a World Series championship back.”

Tanaka is 52-28 with New York. He gets a $22 million salary in each of the next two seasons and $23 million in 2020.

Options: Brantley stays

CLEVELAND » The Indians are convinced Michael Brantley will be healthy and productive, and they exercised for 2018.

The 30-year-old Brantley hit .299 with nine homers and 52 RBIs in 90 games, his second straight injury-shortened season. NEW YORK » The Mets exercised an $8.25 million option on infielder Asdrubal Cabrera and a $7 million option of left-hander Jerry Blevins, preventing them from becoming free agents. MIAMI » Derek Jeter’s first major roster move with the Miami Marlins was to part with former teammate Ichiro Suzuki. The Marlins declined Suzuki’s $2 million club option, making him a free agent. Suzuki gets a $500,000 buyout. his $11.5 million option