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Trious
My god how did Vernon Wells get THAT MUCH
Suzysman
Its extremely Backloaded – to the point he only made 2 MM combined from 08-09. The Average is 18 MM
Zack23
“$25.5M signing bonus ($8.5M payment each March 1, 2008-10)
08:$0.5M, 09:$1.5M”
He made 9m in 08 and 10m in 09
Suzysman
Oh, good catch. That said, deal is still extremely back loaded for an average of 18 MM/per
Suzysman
“Brewers: Jeff Suppan, $12.75MM. Believe it or not, there’s another $1.3MM available to him this year in award based bonuses, plus $300K for each time he’s traded.”
*snickering in the corner*
I mean, don’t get me wrong, this isn’t as bad as some of our deals at all. But 13 MM just to field a pitching machine for the Cubs… Well, it’s pretty amusing
grant77
Wells almost looks worth it this year, jaw dropping D and the best hitter in the league so far. Of course I’m dreaming thinking he keeps it up, but hopefully he comes close.
jwsox
im pretty sure paul konerko is tired with him for home runs and Scott Pods is actually leading in average right now
grant77
So? Konerko has a worse average and is a 1B, Podsednik has no power and plays LF.
jwsox
still dont say he is the best hitter in the league when he clearly isnt
jwsox
and what does the position they play have to do with if they are the best hitters right now?
Twins45
Miguel Cabrera is on fire.
jwredsox
I think the point was he isn’t going to keep it up
mets73
You should cite where you got this information – Cots Contracts?
Mike Axisa 2
Thats my bad, I just added the citation. Just forgot about it.
mets73
Awesome… I figured it was Cot’s… Great Post
Taskmaster75
To be fair, this site does a hell of a job citing it’s sources. Gotta cut him some slack for missing some posts 🙂
mets73
Oh I know they do, do a hell of a job citing and that is why I love the site. I was not critiquing for missing the citation, I was more just wondering where all the information came from, for my own sake.
Taskmaster75
Ahhh, it’s cool. More of a tribute to Tim and Co. by me rather than a critique to you.
Moonshinefe
Isn’t Pujols deferring 3 million this year?
BentoBox
Lackey is overpaid.
jwsox
yes yes he is…typical east cost media saying this guy is an ace when in all reality he is an above average pitcher I’m not saying he is bad but he was not an ACe like they tried to convince every one they were getting they used burnetts contract to lackeys yet burnett has a slightly better whip, more innings pitched and a no hitter…If you ask anyone that does not work for ESPN they would probably take burnett over lackey any day
Yankees420
I was going to refute this but looking at the stats A.J. has a better career xFIP (3.69) than Lackey (4.02), Lackey has accumulated more total WAR even though he came in to the league 3 seasons after A.J. so I’d say Lackey can be a better pitcher when he is on top of his game, and even though Lackey has been hurt more often recently they’re probably equal injury risks and Lackey is a year younger so I’m not sure who I’d rather have for the same money.
jwredsox
Lackey was paid to turn a good pitching staff into a great one. I’d gladly pay the extra few million per year for that.
Yankee_Baal
I love the fact that A-Rod’s contract is frontloaded. Every player signed over 30 or whose contract extend through their supposed decline years should be offered this type of deals. However, I was wondering… how much will A-Rod be making his 2 final years?
UnknownPoster
Just a note about Manny… he only makes 10M this year and has 10M deferred, and then he loses money from the suspension as well.. I think that Kuroda is lower if you dont look at deferments, but when it is factored in, Manny may not even be the 2nd highest paid..
willclarksgauchos
Anyone notice that most of these players aren’t even the best on their team?
willclarksgauchos
Anyone notice that most of these players aren’t even the best on their team?