Mookie Betts seeks $500M contract

[monkeyman576]

https://ibb.co/fG3JR5N

Mookie Betts is being a little greedy.

[beepollen]

Pay the man.

[oldfatbaldguy]

Based on the "negotiating mood" emoji, I think he's trolling you.

[Dave Stieb II]

You're the Dodgers. Don't be cheap. Cough up. It's only money.
OR.....
Spend the money on 3 other players just as good, make him the QO, take the draft pick and don't look back.

[Bobbyraz49]

Originally Posted by dave stieb ii

you're the dodgers. Don't be cheap. Cough up. It's only money.
Or.....
Spend the money on 3 other players just as good, make him the qo, take the draft pick and don't look back.

this !

[Syd Thrift]

Originally Posted by Bobbyraz49

this !

...until he accepts the qualifying offer and you're on the hook for a guy making like $35M who doesn't figure into your long-term plans. There's a reason why there are way fewer QOs submitted nowadays than there were 20 years ago.

[Brad K]

Originally Posted by Dave Stieb II

You're the Dodgers. Don't be cheap. Cough up. It's only money.
OR.....
Spend the money on 3 other players just as good, make him the QO, take the draft pick and don't look back.

Absolutely. Why play a team with a money tree and then not want to spend it.

[monkeyman576]

It's actually not the dodgers I did a fantasy draft. I just wanted to show you I thought it was a little ridiculous. He ended up signing for like 18 million with the dodgers

[Dave Stieb II]

Originally Posted by Syd Thrift

...until he accepts the qualifying offer and you're on the hook for a guy making like $35M who doesn't figure into your long-term plans. There's a reason why there are way fewer QOs submitted nowadays than there were 20 years ago.

Huh?
We know this is in the present as Mookie is 28 so the QO is around $18M and is a one year obligation.
If you take the $56M saved on not paying him his absurd requested amount, less the $18 set aside for the QO, that still leaves about $38M to spend before surpassing Mookie's requested AAV.
$38M annually can still get you three good ball players today - should the GM choose to go that route - and the chances of all 3 being busts is negligible at the most.
And you pocket the draft pick.
All instead of one Mookie.
But there is no universe, real, fictional or imagined, in which Mookie Betts should not receive a QO.

[Syd Thrift]

Sorry, I see 2022 and I still think “oh yeah, that’s 7 years into the future”.

[Dave Stieb II]

Originally Posted by Syd Thrift

Sorry, I see 2022 and I still think “oh yeah, that’s 7 years into the future”.

If only.