Alonso

This is what we have.

This is what we're looking at.

And I think, for me, what it tells me is it was always about the actual annual average and never about the length of the deal.

And the opt-outs were similar between the Dodgers and the Mets.

He's banking on himself, and then worst comes to shove, you don't have the most productive couple years you can opt out.

But here's the thing.

that Dodgers lineup now is, it was already brutal.

And you add Kyle Tucker in there, that's tough, man.

And here's the thing for me as to why I think the Dodgers are going scorched earth.

So he's the second player with a qualifying offer that the Dodgers have signed this offseason.

And as a luxury tax team, that means that they'll have to forfeit a bunch of picks, a bunch of draft picks.

And the thing about Andrew Friedman is he's always been kind of protective of these draft picks.

He's been very close to the vest with it all, so on and so forth.

You go out and you do this, and you're essentially putting everyone on notice that, listen, number one,

they want a three-peat, right?

Like they know that they have to improve and they need that depth.

And number two, that they are absolutely not afraid to spend, but the kind of, the bigger thing that came out yesterday was like, oh, we have to lock it.

Like you said it jokingly, lock it out.

Just start it now.

And here's the thing for me, I think what needs to happen