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Tom
Ian Snell, for 8.6 M over 3 years isn’t exactly breaking the bank.
Mike Axisa 3
And yet they still didn’t get what they paid for.
O's2011Champs
Yeah and even though he hasn’t pitched great, by WAR, he gave them almost equal value in the time he was there
martinfv2
WAR is not relevant. What matters is what he would have been paid if not locked up.
YaGottaBelieve11
Oliver Perez 3/36 and Luis Castillo 4/24 don’t make this list over Ian snell?
YaGottaBelieve11
missed the “buying out arb years” part. Thats what i get for just reading the headline and the players
YaGottaBelieve11
Oliver Perez 3/36 and Luis Castillo 4/24 don’t make this list over Ian snell?
rathman53 2
Eric Chavez would be a nice addition to this list.
brewcrew262
how could you not put the brewers and jeff suppan? 4years, 42 million. he got worse every year
pageian
He wasn’t an extension, he was a free agent signing. They weren’t buying out free agent years or locking up price certainty on his arb years.
Patrick OKennedy
Here are some more, all for one team:
Dontrelle Willis, 3 years, $ 29 million. The worst starting pitcher in the National League didn’t get any better after being traded with Miguel Cabrera. Go figure.
Carlos Guillen, 4 years, $ 48 million. Just one year and $ 13 million to go. Guillen led the league in errors by a shortstop the following season, and was moved to left field, to third base, and now second base, but spent more time on the DL than on the field.
Nate Robertson, three years, $ 21 million. The Tigers paid off the final year of his contract to go play for a few other National League teams.
Magglio Ordonez, $ 18 million option vested. Half the season on the DL in 2010, but extended again for another $ 10 million. Funny thing is, most fans like this extension.
Pudge Rodriguez, $ 13 million option picked up, and his performance promptly tanked, being unloaded to the Yankees for Kyle Farnsworth in the latter half of the 2008 season. Good contract, bad option year.
Todd Jones, one year, $ 7 million extension. From closer, to bench, to DL. The contract was good, but the extension wasn’t.
Kenny Rogers, one year, $ 8 million extension. Again, missed half the extension year on the DL after thoracic outlet surgery. Good contract, bad extension.
Dmitri Young, $ 8 million option vested, and he begged off injured the following week. Following season, beat up his girlfriend, didn’t show up for court, was a cancer in the clubhouse, didn’t perform, was released, and of course blamed it all on the team for not supporting him.
Adam Everett, $ 1.55 million extension. Bad contract and bad extension, both signed because Dombrowski shot the wad on so many other bad extensions. Everett was released in May of 2010.
Pretty much every contract extension that Dave Dombrowski signed, or every option he picked up blew up in his face. The notable exception was Placido Polanco’s four year extension at just 4.6 mil per season. He made up for that by failing to offer arbitration when Polanco walked and went back to the Phillies, forefeiting two first round picks by that failure.
Thankfully, all but Guillen’s extension are done. Let’s hope that the extensions for Verlander and Cabrera turn out a bit better!
Paul
I was about to post something like this, so many bad extensions
jill
Okay. The Tigers win!
stl_cards16
Apparently Mike, you should have added the definition of EXTENSION to the post. Some here, obviously do not grasp the concept.
Mike M
Eric Hinske with the Blue Jays was another one….
Cardsfan387
How is Kyle Lohse’s 4 year/$41mil contract extension not on this list?
Ferrariman
because he was a free agent. All the ones he listed were guys who were arb-eligible who signed extensions during the team control process.
Verlander_Will_Save_Us_All
Every Tigers extension since 2006 excluding Cabrera can go on the list…. every freaking one.
Pawsdeep
Cabrera was a fair deal and so was verlanders….but aside from those two I agree with you.
jill
I already declared the Tigers the WINNERS!
Ferrariman
i can’t believe my comment wasn’t approved yet. Its not like i had something dirty wtf…never again am i gonna use a link.
anyways, here is an exert from an article on stlsports from back in the day. The tatis signing was a blessing in disguise!
“According to Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa, the organization was faced with the dilemma of trading either Tatis or the fast-rising Pujols at some point. Tatis’ lack of desire and personal discipline after inking his multi-year contract this past spring apparently made the decision easier for them to make. When the Expos presented them with the opportunity to gain a starting pitcher and a lefthanded reliever, he was shipped to the Great White North.”
Thank you Tatis for having a lack of desire!
ryanszabo
why dont you guys include OPS? That’s probably a better indicator of the player’s effectiveness than avg/obp/slugging.
thegrayrace
I think most of us can add two numbers with relative ease. 😉
5_tool_MiLB_fool
I can’t believe that Bonderman who was always such a crap pitcher to begin with got a contract like that. That is the only contract for a pitcher that can be worse than aaron cook’s 9 mil a year
Paul
The one given to willis was pretty bad.
5_tool_MiLB_fool
yeah but bonderman was not even close as good as willis was when he received his contract. bonderman has always been a bad pitcher, willis had a few ace seasons before he got that contratc; then he turned to crap
woadude
Remember Bret Boone? now that was a roider.
DykstraInvestments
Kyle Lohse and Mark Mulder (with the Dan Haren loss) are hard to swallow but I think it was more bad luck than anything…