can a team, who is paying a player a lot of money, force the player to go for an MRI? Good question. Wrong player, re, "a lot of money...." http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/mets-small-bringing-hammer-syndergaard-contract-article-1.2988869 hard to say for sure, but maybe $9,000 buys a bit of cooperation.