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In two weeks if we draft Rendon, then Figgins should be here through about the trade deadline next year.  At that point we'll talk about the super prospect coming up next year once we know how fast he's adjusting to pro ball, and we give Figgins the option of being that super-sub or moving on.
Personally, I think we try to trade him then for a wet rag and some castor oil.  No way do we want that 5th year to vest and subbing him so he can't get the option to vest is a great way to have a Chone Sulk Fest for the whole season.
No sense going through that.
If we DON'T add Rendon (or trade for Lonnie Chisenhall or something) then we've got a bigger problem in dropping Figgins.  You can get buy-in when one of the best prospects in the game is trying to come up and be a plus hitter, especially when the vet is hitting like an anorexic girl-scout.  Omar Vizquel was good and nobody batted much of an eye when we traded him with A-Rod coming up.  Chone is no Omar.
Swapping Figgins for an L-Rod type is not only a tougher sell to players but harder to justify eating that sunk cost for to your penny-pinching bosses as well.
I prefer option A.
~G