I would suspect that they had some discussions with him about an extension and Dozier wanted no part of it in lieu of his comments earlier in the year about the Twins not offering him a deal this past offseason. "I don't want to touch too much on this, it's the thing that gets asked all the time, but at the same time, I will be a free agent this fall. That's the bottom line. You can only say you want to be here so much, and nothing gets done. That's just the way it is. I understand everything. At the same time, you're six months away from free agency. That's intriguing." Personally i don't blame the Twins for not being eager beaver and signing him to an extension given his subsequent atrocious 2018 numbers. Other than 2016 and 2017 he has been wildly inconsistent throughout his career.