I read the writers wrong.
I'm having a hard time reconciling his killer performances while making the league minimum with 8 years of bilateral leg weakness after signing his deal.
I don't blame him for getting as much money as he could from the Pohlads. The winter he was up for free agency was the winter before Target Field opened. As such, he had the Pohlads over a barrel at the negotiating table. If he would have gotten away that winter the fanbase would have been in open rebellion moving into the new ballpark.