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Originally Posted by MahiMike
Guess I'm the only one surprised by this. Course I have no clue how baseball finances work.
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Baseball contracts are guaranteed. He'd be an idiot not to do this. Even if he just signs a 4 year deal, you're talking tens of millions that will set him up for life. If he took the 1 year option and then got hurt next year, he'd cost himself an unbelievable amount of money. This is going to be his one big payday.