See, for me the deferred money makes a lot of sense when you look at where he came from. Him/trout were making a ton of money on an angels team that was doing fuck all for the last 5-10 years, and refused to add a supporting cast behind him. I think he realized that his career will mean nothing without a world series win, so he chose to push the money back/live off of endorsements and have them build a superteam.