Email a copy of 'Phillies Decline 2017 Options For Ryan Howard, Charlie Morton' to a friend
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Email a copy of 'Phillies Decline 2017 Options For Ryan Howard, Charlie Morton' to a friend
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ib6ub9
That is awesome $10,000,000.00 to stay home and watch baseball on TV
jorleeduf
I would rather have that than pay 24,000,000.00 to hurt the team.
cubsfan2489
Or ya know, $10 million to walk away and sign with a new team for about $5 mil
jd396
I thought this was a robo spam post for a second
schellis 2
Howard contract was horrible from day one this was really the only option they had.
jd396
I remember debating this with my dad the day that extension was signed – he thought it was a great idea, and I was right…
Robertowannabe
If Charlie could ever stay healthy for just one season……….
Phillies2017
Well, it’s official. My childhood is over.
jd396
Childhood’s end, your fantasies merge with harsh realities
Astros44
Damn lol I remember how all that feels, being an astro fan and all. If I could give you two pieces of advice for being a fan of a last place team.
1. Start following their top prospects more.
2. Get to changing that username to something more suitable (PhilliesTBD sounds pretty fitting)
Dookie Howser, MD
Astros in 2044!
antsal 2
It’s April, 2010 and the Phillies see that there are going to be three highly paid first basemen available come 2012. Howard, Fielder and Pujols. The Phillies fear that the price will be even higher if they wait until 2012 so they decide to give Howard a 5 year 125M contract (including a $10M buyout following 2016) that runs from 2012 – 2016. Howard’s age 32 to 36 seasons. Fast forward, 2012 rolls around and Fielder signs a 9 year/214 million dollar contract. Due to an unfortunate injury Fielder retires with 96 million still owed to him between 2017-2020, 5 years which he obviously won’t be able to play (not sure if he forfeited that money due to the injury and retirement or if a settlement was reached, or if he is on a perpetual DL so he gets the whole 96 Million). Value the team received for actual on field playing time, 4 years/$118 million. Looking at the entire contract dollar amount, ultimately he plays 4 partial years (on field) and was paid $53.5 million per year actually played. Let’s move to Albert Pujols. He became a free agent in 2012. He signs a 10 year/240 million dollar contract that carries him to his age 41 season when his playing contract will wrap up with a 30 million dollar check. For the 2017-2021 seasons Pujols will be paid $140 million dollars. Just looking at that part of the contract, for his age 37 to 41 seasons – 5 years/140 million. If the Phillies signed Howard to a “bad contract” what do we call the Fielder contract and what might we call the Pujols contract in a few years? I agree the Howard contract wasn’t great but it was the Phillies way of holding on to one of the top first baseman (following a 45 HR, 141 RBI 2009 season), home grown for a reduced rate over who (Fielder and Pujols) would be determining the contract dollars in 2012 and for less money than the other two received.