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Indians, Roberto Hernandez Restructure Contract

By Mike Axisa | March 14, 2012 at 4:09pm CDT

4:09pm: Hernandez switched agencies and is now represented by Jorge Brito, a one-time employee of Hernandez's former agency, Proformance, Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.

11:57am: The Indians and Roberto Hernandez (a.k.a. Fausto Carmona) have restructured the right-hander's contract, reports Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com (Twitter links). His 2012 salary will now be "far less" than the $7MM he was scheduled to earn, and an option year in his contract has been eliminated.

The contract originally included a $9MM option for 2013 and a $12MM option for 2014. The Indians exercised Hernandez's $7MM option for 2012 last fall, before issues surrounding his age and identity emerged.

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  1. Josh Kortleve

    13 years ago

    will MLBPA allow this?

    Reply
    • Cheeseballs

      13 years ago

      I would think the contract would be void anyhow if he signed a name of a person that didn’t exist

      Reply
      • FacelessGeneralManager

        13 years ago

        Or the real Fausto Carmona is due a bunch of money!!

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        • Kurisu Rg

          13 years ago

           Well guys,  nice knowing you. I’m off to the Dominican to change my nam…. to enjoy the exotic scenery, yes, that’s it.

          Reply
    • jwsox

      13 years ago

      Just because it’s restructured does not mean he is gettin paid less. If the overall amount changes yeah the mlbpa might have an issue. But the Indians can point to the identity fraud and win in any case. My guess is some of the money gets turned in to deferals

      Reply
  2. Dylan B.

    13 years ago

    Did anyone else think “Roberto Hernandez” meant the pitcher who last pitched in 2007 with the Dodgers? (hernaro01)

    Reply
    • Ricardo Elorza

      13 years ago

       I did. Not helping in any way is the fact that he pitched with the Indians in 2007.

      Reply
    • Skeeb Wilcox

      13 years ago

      That’s why I clicked on the link…

      Reply
    • Shane Heathers

      13 years ago

      I know Chris Perez went down but why are they paying so much for a 47 year old who has not closed in a decade and has been retired for 5 years.

      Reply
  3. User 4245925809

    13 years ago

    I would LOVE to see the union dispute this one.. It could leade to one of their 1st loses at the table in years.. something they have no chance at winning.

    Think

    think about it, if nothing else? The one obvious reason above.. Incorrect name, meant to hide the actual name, to commit fraud in the 1st place to get more dollars originally.

    Edit:

    Hit the wrong key and submited by accident:

    to finish:

    he hid his age and gave his incorrect name on legal contract to commit fraud originally.

    The owners lawyers would love to see the union dispute this one.. hernandez/carmona, whatever is on his own with this mistake of his own doing.

    Reply
    • Adam Moreira

      13 years ago

      What I would like to see a team do down the line is to try to void a contract on these grounds.

      Reply
  4. ObamaDinoKiller

    13 years ago

    the guy has had exactly TWO decent years out of 6. i guess the team really has no better options than to keep him around and not completely nullify his contract

    Reply
    • Kurisu Rg

      13 years ago

      They could’ve either kept him or nullified his contract and then traded for John Lannan or someone similar. So it was either paying him $4 mill (rough guess of what his new salary will be) or paying $ 5 mill to Lannan and giving up a couple of okay prospects. I guess the hassle of having to deal with the MLBPA’s outcry was the deciding factor here.

      Reply
  5. bedzboy12

    13 years ago

    They honestly should VOID his current contract and give him at least a Major League contract but pay hime the league minimus of $440K for all of this mess !

    Reply
    • chico65

      13 years ago

      Did you get up on the wrong side of the bedz this morning or is your spelling usually this superb?

      Reply
  6. bedzboy12

    13 years ago

    They can do better than him. 

    Reply
  7. WonderboyRooney10

    13 years ago

    So how long until everybody doesnt have to say “aka Fausto” anymore?

    Reply
  8. bedzboy12

    13 years ago

    I wonder why after two seasons Mike decided to go with his origional first name, why not from the get go ??

    Reply
    • HobokenMetsFan

      13 years ago

      There was an article that had him quoted as saying people always messed up the pronunciation all the way back to grade school and he just went with his middle name cause it was easier.

      Reply
    • pennypincher

      13 years ago

      Maybe there are so many fans that think of the lefty reliever whenever Mike Stanton is mentioned, that masher Mike got annoyed, especially by questions like “I thought you were a LOOGY” 

      Reply
  9. crashcameron

    13 years ago

    there has often been cases of mispronunciation by media/announcers, most often for import players. happened in hockey lots. a guy named Walt Tkaczuk was an early import from then Czechoslovakia and it took him time to be comfortable enough to inform media/announcers/his team that it wasn’t pronounced “tay-chuk” but “ka-chook”

    btw
    BOZZCOE just gained troller status. he’ll have to operate under another name

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