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nm344
good article
Guest
Kershaw and Bills need a extension on the quickness.
CJ Montiel
Kershaw for sure needs an extension. If the Dodgers give Billingsley an extension it’ll be because they believe he can bounce back from his so-so year and to buy low on his contract.
Guest
so-so year? 4.6 war season is so-so? He needs a contract extension now.
BrocNessMonster
Ha. I only signed on to say that Kersh and Bills need to be next. But you got it covered.
pageian
The long-term security for the pitcher can’t be overstated. I’m sure Mark Prior wishes he’d signed an extension. He’s siting on $12.8 million career earnings when that could have been doubled or tripled by a long-term deal. It would have been a poor extension for the club but he might be able to accept his lot in life a bit easier if it had happened.
WolandJR
Yeah, that point is totally missed in this article. Young pitchers would never sign extensions if there wasn’t a risk of getting hurt; so they forgo additional compensation in exchange for a little more financial security. If all goes well, they collect their under market value checks until they are in their late twenties and then sign their mega-deal then. But if their career goes all Prior, they can at least live comfortably off to that one big deal they got.
pageian
Scott Kazmir and Dontrelle Willis are both probably really happy right now that they signed extensions. They’re set for life even if they never throw another pitch in the big leagues.
pageian
Scott Kazmir and Dontrelle Willis are both probably really happy right now that they signed extensions. They’re set for life even if they never throw another pitch in the big leagues.
Zack23
Did Prior ever turn down a long term deal? At what point did the Cubs feel comfortable giving him an extension?
He had a great debut, 30 starts, then after that it was injuries. What pitcher is getting a 30m extension after 1 season?
Henry Castellanos
In need of an extension:
Jered Weaver, Clayton Kershaw, Jonathan Sanchez and Phil Hughes if he does well in 2011
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YanksFanSince78
I think it’s too soon for Hughes. Rarely do the Yanks act agressively w/ their pitchers and I think it’s because they know and their players know that no one will outspend them if they want to retain you.
mikeindcarea
Yankees don’t act ‘agressively’ with their pitchers because they do not (or need to) buy out arbitration years. The motivation behind locking a guy up is you take on risk of development for the reward of cheaper arb-eligible years.
johnsilver
Here is to hoping Bucholz joins Lester with another 5/30M type deal, both have around same type TOS in.. Just hope they are thinking along the same lines.
Wonder if the LAD are in any kind of financial shape to go for a savings type extension even with Billinglsy or any of the youngsters they SHOULD be trying hard to lock up?
grabarkewitz
With only one contract on the books for 2012, money should not be a huge issue, even for the McCourts. Sure, Kemp and Ethier will get paid, but extensions for Kershaw and Billingsley should be job one and two, this winter.
nm344
Hamels should be getting an extension sometime this year.
fred
he got his extension after the world series. he still will have one year of arb left when his contract is up
Zack23
“but Nick Blackburn and Scott Feldman signed deals that their clubs probably regret”
It’s almost like teams should look beyond fancy ERAs and dont sign guys long-term who strike 4-5 hitters per 9 innings. Twins gave Blackburn an extension the year after he gave up the most hits in the league- I’m suppose to feel bad for them?
Sidney
For every bargain like Lester or Wainwright there’s a Bonderman or Robertson lurking around. Tiger fans must be thrilled those two are finally off the books.
Pawsdeep
Robertson definitely. But I think bonderman is more of a talent disappointment. When he signed the contract it was looking like he was going to earn it but then he just kept getting hurt and lost that killer velocity. Who would have known hed have been past his prime and he is only 28 and before his surgery/injuries he was a man beast with an awesome pitch arsenal with some serious heat on a fastball. Robertson was just a dumb(rowski) idea from the start. His contract should have never happened while bonderman was a good deal turned sour.
Encarnacion's Parrot
Ricky Romero is another example of young pitchers getting extended early.
j6takish
Ricky Romero is also an example of a win-win. If the guy reaches his potential, he is an ace on the cheap, but if he never progresses, he is a 3-4 starter paid market value.
Encarnacion's Parrot
Ricky Romero is another example of young pitchers getting extended early.
Pawsdeep
While most of the guys in this list are being underpaid by their performance standards and comparison, verlander is a bad name to toss on the list because that dude is getting paid very well. Not to say he doesn’t deserve it, but grienke making around 1/3 of what verlander does is grossly unfair
j6takish
I think he is a tad bit overpaid, but guys that throw 200innings and 100mph aren’t easy to come by
Sidney
The team that’s done the best job of keeping their starters cost controlled in recent years was probably the Indians; they bought out the arbitration years of Sabathia, Lee, and Carmona at bargain basement prices plus option years. Of course, the Carmona deal didn’t look so great a year ago this time, but even if he had flamed out, 4 years/15 million isn’t franchise crippling. Too bad they weren’t as fortunate with handing out deals to position players *cough*Travis Hafner*cough*.
mikeindcarea
This is a great piece.
Thinking about Rays and Kazmir – they actually had the best of both worlds. They signed Kazmir to an extension to get his first year for cheaper than would have paid in arbitration, but then flipped him to the Angels as his contract began to escalate above his actual value.
Risky strategy because your young pitcher may fall off a cliff – in which case you’re stuck with him (see Willis, Blackburn, Feldman, others). Kazmir looked like he was falling off a cliff, but rays moved him anyway…