Think this is a set up to take less money/years, i.e. save face?
It may have been that his whole strategy may have been to try to get the best deal he could to go to the Dodgers, he had no genuine interest in going to a place like Phil/CWS, and if LA didn't work out, he has a lucrative contract to fall back on here. I don't buy that getting the biggest contract ever is his only focus. He probably cares more about a baseball legacy. He wants to position himself to win championships. I'm sure he wants to win individual awards too, but he strikes me as a guy who wants to win it all.
His ties to Las Vegas still seem strong, and it seems very likely LA could be a strong first choice for a lot of reasons.
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