From the man who brought you the player opt-out comes the newest innovation in baseball contract language: the lockout-proof deal!
When the Yankees and Cody Bellinger (or, more accurately, his agent, Scott Boras) came to terms on the center fielder’s five-year, $162.5 million pact late last month, they identified a potential concern: Bellinger wanted the chance to nullify the remainder of the deal and retest the market after the second and third seasons—but it wasn’t immediately obvious when those would be.
