Still doesn’t forgive the Ohtani bomb when spotted a 3 run first inning lead

Also, they would’ve got past game 3 if cease could’ve held any of the multi-run leads he was spotted in game 1 of that series

Salary cap & national media deals. Super easy to ensure smaller cities make money in the NFL & NBA when the TV / media deals are league-wide

He's a free agent. We can re-sign him, but new owners are cheap & trying to sell the team instead.

Literally any player opt out is just that. If you're good enough to out-earn the option you're gonna opt out. If you suck you're gonna opt in.

its a way of selling cheaper owners of "theres a chance we wont have to pay the full guarantee"

Would be less of an issue if he looked like he had ever done it in his life before