No. However, it doesn’t mean we are stuck with him for 5 years. I think we can get him to opt out.
Javy lives in Javyland. In his head, he’s a superstar that all teams would want. His current struggles are due to bad teams, bad managers, and other non Javy things. If we can make him hate it so much this guy will foolishly bet on himself instead of the sure thing. It would be financial idiocy but the guy has a giant ego and isn’t very bright. These are proven to be two of the biggest factors in poor decision making.
I can also see relentless heckling from the fans impacting him. We saw how his narcissistic brain handled Chicago fans getting on him last year at Comiskey. We just need to stay the course with him for a little bit and make his time as difficult as possible. Make him sit the bench, make him move away from SS, and do whatever possible to make things hard. His ego won’t allow him to suck it up and make the right business decision. It can happen.