"If you opt out, we're not going to pursue you and you will be a FA who just missed half the year with arm trouble and looking to get a 5 year guaranteed deal at $40 million/year at age 34.... good luck" "uhhh, jeez... golly... (Kermit voice... or Greg from succession voice)... can we perhaps say I didn't opt out? And then maybe still get an extension later in theory per-se?" "ok, opt out cancelled... done." "but but... ok,.... " (points to first).
Regardless. That 5th inning of Game #5 shows why Judge and Cole will never win a world series together.
