I don’t really understand how this isn’t a standard minor league signing. Obviously he’s going to earn more money if he makes the big league team. That’s how it works.
It’s not your $2MM so why does the amount matter? It’s not like payroll is maxed out and this will prevent us from making future moves.
No it wouldn’t. He had no reason to make those statements publicly.
It would be foolish to take the words of anonymous sources over what Mookie said publicly.
I’ll take Mookie Betts’ word over anonymous sources. I doubt Mookie would’ve called him an awesome guy if he knew his teammates had major issues with him.