I don't think there is a clause like that. I'm assuming that if they pick up his options, and he finishes up this contract without the necessary service time for free agency, then they will have the option of offering him arbitration or not. If they don't offer, he will be a free agent. That's not the arbitration he was talking about, he was asking if he'd still be under team control. I'm pretty sure he would be. That is the arbitration I am talking about. He will be under team control, as long as they offer him arbitration. He will have ~4 years of major league service time, but no contract. Mea culpa, read your post too quickly.