But if his defense continues to tail off and he needs to DH, that’s a ton of money. And his record setting AAV is so much higher than the rest of the league that even if contracts continue to go up, they need to go up a considerable amount in order for it to be close to a market rate deal.

So my prediction is that he won’t opt out.

(Just realized the guy you responded to ignored me cause of my ohtani takes lol)