 The Mets had the chance to just pay him $6 million in 2000. Instead, they stretched it out, knowing that there'd be interest. Because what they hoped was they were going to take the $5.9 million and invest it. So they knew that by deferring it, the $5.9 they were going to owe him would end up being with interest $30 million over the course of the next handful of years.