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Jeff Hill
Yes but did the Red Sox sign Beckett to the extension in 2012. No it was before then.
VAR
The year they signed the contract has nothing to do with. Was it a good contract absolutely not. It was way too much money for way too many years. It was not a good contract.
Jeff Hill
95% of all contracts have to do with performance at the time of the negotiations, age, etc. So it does have to do with when the contract was signed. Everybody knows play declines as players get older. So an example could be Matt Kemp, he signed a big deal after just missing out on MVP. The Dodgers thought he was worth north of 20M at that the time the contract was signed but obviously now he is probably only worth 10-15M because of injuries.
VAR
So your argument, is Beckett’s contract wasn’t bad because it was signed in 2012? Just because it seemed like a good idea at the time, does not mean a contract cannot become an albatross. He’s been worth around 15 million in the three years since it was signed, it’s too bad they’ve had to pay him three times that much.
Thus the year it was signed is irrelevant to whether or not it is a good contract after the fact.