00:00Well, I think there were a lot of shocked people that he accepted it, okay?
00:04I mean, you know, initially he could have taken the option after the Cubs refused the three-year deal and the option they had.
00:14He could have taken their option for 15, still had another option for 27 at 15.
00:22So it's a little surprising because he could have guaranteed himself $30 million.
00:27The study takes the $22 million here, and I think him and his agents were looking at the pitching market out there
00:37and realizing that with possible work stoppage in 27 looming that the long-term deals that he might be looking for just weren't there.
00:48So take the $22 million, go back and be the same version that he was in 2024 for the Cubs,
00:55have the option if there isn't any baseball in Chicago or anywhere else in the United States after one year to go back to Japan.
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