Why do they do such big contracts I mean years wise, they get an injury in the first year you are screwed! Seems madness to me.The hot stove season is underway with the biggest free-agent already reported to have signed. Juan Soto has signed with the Mets for $765 million guaranteed over 15 years. There are escalators in the contract that could take it over $800 million.
This is the biggest contract in professional sports.
It is. The way it’s heading, without a salary cap/ punitive luxury tax, baseball is gonna implode.Seems madness to me.
Why do they do such big contracts I mean years wise, they get an injury in the first year you are screwed! Seems madness to me.
The same Mets are still cutting six-figure cheques to Bobby Bonilla (61) every year and will be for another decade. He hasn't played in the big league since 2001. It's a strange world.Why do they do such big contracts I mean years wise, they get an injury in the first year you are screwed! Seems madness to me.
There’s always one dopey owner that gives in. I know he had some big hits in the post season but look at Stanton his contract for a DH only. He can barely run!!Why do they do such big contracts I mean years wise, they get an injury in the first year you are screwed! Seems madness to me.
It is. The way it’s heading, without a salary cap/ punitive luxury tax, baseball is gonna implode.
The hot stove season is underway with the biggest free-agent already reported to have signed. Juan Soto has signed with the Mets for $765 million guaranteed over 15 years. There are escalators in the contract that could take it over $800 million.
This is the biggest contract in professional sports.
I heard he has an opt out after 5 years. Hope they win a World Series in that time , then Boras can pimp him out again.The hot stove season is underway with the biggest free-agent already reported to have signed. Juan Soto has signed with the Mets for $765 million guaranteed over 15 years. There are escalators in the contract that could take it over $800 million.
This is the biggest contract in professional sports.
Bonilla said he hears from his kids the week before. LOL..The same Mets are still cutting six-figure cheques to Bobby Bonilla (61) every year and will be for another decade. He hasn't played in the big league since 2001. It's a strange world.
He and his handlers are so smart. He will end up paying a lot less in taxes especially to the state of California. When he retires he probably won’t reside full time in the USA.I was reading that the dodgers have over 1 billion in deferred wages committed throughout the next 25 years. So they effectively signed Ohtani to a 10 year 700 million contract. He's getting paid 2 million a year for the next 10 years and the dodgers will pay him the remainder (680 million) over the next 20 years or so. They have done it with numerous massive contracts as well to get around salary caps.
Basically paying players to mid way through the century just seems absolutely suicide long term.
Having said that I don’t think the rights fees or the cost of the teams, when one becomes available for sale, has ever come down. It’s quite remarkable.It is. The way it’s heading, without a salary cap/ punitive luxury tax, baseball is gonna implode.
A player in Soto's situation always has the whip hand in negotiations. The way American sports are structured, the only guaranteed way to improve your team is by signing free agents, like Soto. The other paths are through trades, which are usually short-term fixes and require giving up young talent, or by bringing through young players, which is obviously hit or miss in the same way academy footballers are.Why do they do such big contracts I mean years wise, they get an injury in the first year you are screwed! Seems madness to me.
Soto is a generational talent, he's comparable to Ted Williams when it comes to plate discipline. And he's also very young to be a free-agent. There's no doubt that this contract will become onerous at some point but that's probably 6-8 years away.Why do they do such big contracts I mean years wise, they get an injury in the first year you are screwed! Seems madness to me.
Wasn't that good when the Mets signed him. On a plus note good to see old Buckshot is still a bitter bugger;-)The same Mets are still cutting six-figure cheques to Bobby Bonilla (61) every year and will be for another decade. He hasn't played in the big league since 2001. It's a strange world.
Either time.Wasn't that good when the Mets signed him. On a plus note good to see old Buckshot is still a bitter bugger;-)
Thanks for reminding me of that, second time round remember him laughing in a play off game in Atlanta and we were loosing, ( **** ). Bobby Bo my arse.Either time.