Let's have a look at the Dodgers money last year. They have consistently been high spenders, and they are situated in one of the largest markets around. They are also leveraging their future in a big way. From an AP article on Yoshinobu's contract: "Los Angeles has been baseball’s biggest spender this offseason, committing $1,212,187,500 to Ohtani, Yamamoto and pitcher Tyler Glasnow, who agreed to a $136,562,500, five-year contract as part of his trade from the Tampa Bay Rays."The point is that you try . Get some good PR. It may help with other free agents.
Agree to disagree like normal.
Let's move on.