3:28pm: Ross will make $1.625MM in 2011 and the same amount in 2012, according to David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal Constitution (via Twitter). That's a total of $3.25MM for the two seasons. Rosenthal reports (via Twitter) that Ross can earn $300K more through incentives. The catcher makes $50K for starting 50 games behind the plate and earns an additional $50K when he reaches 60, 70, 80, 90 and 100 starts.
12:05pm: The Braves agreed to a two-year extension with catcher David Ross worth more than $3MM, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. Ross would've been eligible for free agency after this season, as he's finishing up a two-year, $3MM deal signed in December of '08.
Ross has done a fine job as Brian McCann's backup in Atlanta, hitting .272/.378/.447 over 244 plate appearances. The 33-year-old has also gunned down almost half of attempted base-stealers.
Great signing. Best backup catcher in the league.
My exact thought.
I’ll have to agree with you there. Is there a more perfect back up? I think not.
wow, i am curious what the deal is because ross is better than 75% of the starters in the league. ross/mcann is hands down the best catcher platoon in baseball
Great signing for the Braves, curious for Ross… I bet he could get more money and start somewhere. Not complaining, though.
He most certainly could get more money elsewhere. Sounds like he traded stability for the money, staying with an organization he knows. Not a bad move for a 33 year old. He’s been a fine addition to the Braves.
Sounds like he’s a great guy to have in the clubhouse too from all I’ve read.
Awesome news! Glad to hear we wont have to worry about Catcher for another 2 years, so good to have a back up catcher who we can rely on.
And the news just keeps getting better, I’ll take Ross for 2 years at 1.625m a year, that a steal if you ask me.
Now that’s a deal I can get behind.
one of the best clutch guys in the game.
Great signing.
Interesting stat (to me, at least)… one of the real strengths for the Braves this year has been the bench. Looking into the money side of it, that shouldn’t be surprising:
The bench of Diaz ($2.55M), Infante ($2.23M), Ross ($1.6M), Hinske ($1M), and Conrad ($400K) make a combined $7.78M this year.
McCann ($5.7M), Prado ($440K), Heyward ($400K), Hanson ($435K), and Jurrjens ($480K) make a combined $7.46M.
I guess when your stars are all young, cheap players you can pay a little extra to keep guys like Ross on your team.
what are u talking about ‘pay a little extra’? Players are overpaid these days and ross prolly took a pay cut to stay with a good winning team how is ‘just over 3 mil’ a little extra? If they could afford it they should pay him closer to 5 mil for two years for the hard work, dedication and like everyone else said best back up catcher in the league that could start for a number of teams.
Whatchyou talking bout? I wonder how many mid-market teams pay their back-up catcher $1.6M/year.
how many mid market teams have a back up as good as ross
I think you may have missed my point.
Cincinnati has Ryan Hanigan, line of .311/.425/.425. He’s very good defensively as well.
Agree though that Ross is a good player for the Braves. This signing is a win for David and the Braves.
Allow me to answer my own question: at the start of the season there were 3 back-up catchers making more than Ross (and that is if you count Varitek as the back-up to V-Mart, which may be iffy since V-Mart was mostly DH’ing… the other two were Snyder in Arizona and Olivo in Colorado).
In addition, there were 10 teams who had starters making less than $1.6M.
riigghtt…and so you’re saying that they ‘payed a little extra’ when ross is prolly better than all of them? Either you meant payed more than other backups or u meant payed more than he is worth…either way i think you’re wrong becasue he’s better than the other back ups and is worth every penny
Actually what I am saying is you missed the point (and missed it at least twice). I’m saying the Braves, or any mid-market team, usually would not be in a positon to pay the back-up catcher more than 33% of the starters in the league make but because they are getting such good value from guys like Heyward, Prado, Hanson, Jurrjens and the like they can pay for a better-than-average bench.
Now stop acting like I am dogging on Ross when I was one of the first people tp praise the deal.
Olivo is better than ross
They will also be paying Kawakami $7.5M and McLouth $7M next year, so these things tend to even out.
actually, it’s $6.67 and $6.5, respectively.
not according to Cot’s.
Great stuff. I was wondering just last week if Wren would try and resign Ross.
I love Ross. I have been a little worried that his contract is up at the end of the year, I don’t know what we would do without him. Great re-signing!
If he could start – he would. He’s been in the majors for 9 years and played for 6 teams and has never been able to become a regular. I think he’s getting good money for a backup catcher.
Ross is sort of being wasted as a pure backup. The guy absolutely kills lefties. Some team without an All-Star starting C should have snagged him away from the Braves, pared him with someone, and had themselves a cheap, no-name 850 OPS platoon pair.
you dont always get to pick your role…besides not only is he a backup which obviously means he doesnt play every day, but hes consistent with both the glove and the bat and pretty good with them too…I’m not overglorifying him or anything just sayin
Good extension. He is the only Ross that we need (not that the Fish are likely to move Cody now that Couglin is hurt).
gotta agree with that i wouldve been mad had they traded for Cody
yay … Love to hear Cox say ” come on Rossey ” ” that a boy rossey” lol love it
when are the braves going to get rid of mcclouth
A few hours ago
He’s now the most expensive centerfielder in AAA.
Until GMJ gets picked up again and put back in AAA.