Its a 60M guarantee because the fifth year is a player option with a 5M payout/QUOTE]
Got it . . . That option language wasn't sinking in. Looking at it again, Pollock will get $55m from the Dodgers over 4 years if he chooses to decline the player option because he feels he can make more than $5m in 2023 on the open market (even by resigning with the Dodgers for more). If he feels he can't command more than $5m in 2023, he'll accept the option to make the deal 5 / $60m. So it seems like the best case outcome for LAD is that Pollock is healthy and productive at the end of the 4 years and goes the 4 / $55m route.