MORE MLB INSANITY - NOW $430M? $300,000,000+ contracts to play beisbol?

mjp28

MLB INSANITY - 2019 style. $300,000,000+ contracts to play beisbol?

Here's how each of the contracts stack up against the biggest all-time deals in MLB history, with numbers from Baseball Prospectus:

PLAYER	TEAM	CONTRACT LENGTH	CONTRACT VALUE	AVERAGE/YEAR
Bryce Harper	Philadelphia Phillies	13 years	$330 million	$25.3 million
Giancarlo Stanton	Miami Marlins	13 years	$325 million	$25 million
Manny Machado	San Diego Padres	10 years	$300 million	$30 million
Alex Rodriguez	New York Yankees	10 years	$275 million	$27.5 million
Nolan Arenado	Colorado Rockies	8 years	$260 million	$32.5 million
Alex Rodriguez	Texas Rangers	10 years	$252 million	$25.2 million
Miguel Cabrera	Detroit Tigers	8 years	$248 million	$31 million
Albert Pujols	Los Angeles Angels	10 years	$240 million	$24 million
Robinson Cano	Seattle Mariners	10 years	$240 million	$24 million
Joey Votto	Cincinnati Reds	10 years	$225 million	$22.5 million

mjp28

CBS - MLB

If you're looking just at average money per year, Machado's deal ranks just outside the top five, while Arenado's places second -- and first among position players. Harper, meanwhile, falls just outside the top 10 in that category despite landing the biggest total deal. Here's a look at the top current MLB contracts in terms of average salary per season:

SP Zack Greinke, Arizona Diamondbacks: $34.4 million
3B Nolan Arenado, Colorado Rockies: $32.5 million
SP David Price, Boston Red Sox: $31 million
SP Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers: $31 million
1B Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers: $31 million
SS Manny Machado, San Diego Padres: $30 million
SP Max Scherzer, Washington Nationals: $30 million
CF Yoenis Cespedes, New York Mets: $27.5 million
SP Jon Lester, Chicago Cubs: $25.8 million

Beyond baseball, in terms of total money, Machado's contract clocked in as the third largest in all of sports, ranking behind those of only Stanton and boxer Canelo Álvarez ($365 million) among current deals.

If you dive a little deeper, the Padres' $300 million payout for Machado doesn't look quite as massive. (If, somehow, you can picture a $300 million contract as anything but massive.) As FanGraphs' Craig Edwards calculated this offseason, converting old contracts to today's dollars would indicate that Machado's deal is actually the 10th largest in baseball history rather than the second largest. Alex Rodriguez's 2001 contract would be worth a whopping $592 million in 2019 dollars.

mjp28

Oh no Cleveland Indians on that list.....no real surprise there.

Browns149

The Indians are in a GREAT position. They play in the worst division. They are a small market/REVENUE team. They almost always have a chance to make the playoffs. They build slowly and never overpay. Plus they have the best manger in baseball

I wish we could spend like the Yankees. Or Dodgers. But they can’t. And never will.

mjp28

OK now I've seen it all.....nearly a HALF BILLION DOLLARS to play beisbol.

Mike Trout, Angels finalizing a record 12-year, roughly $430 million extension

Mike Trout, left, is getting an extension $100 million richer than Bryce Harper's recent contract with the Phillies. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)

By Dave Sheinin

March 19 at 11:28 AM

The climax of an offseason spent contemplating and debating the value of some of baseball’s biggest stars, as it turns out, was not the record-setting free agent contracts signed last month by Manny Machado and Bryce Harper but what came Tuesday: a massive extension in its final stages for Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout that zoomed past those other deals like a 600-foot home run.

Trout’s extension is worth “roughly” $430 million over 12 years, according to two people familiar with the negotiation — $100 million more than the 13-year, $330 million deal Harper signed weeks ago with the Philadelphia Phillies, which previously stood as the largest in North American team sports history. The new deal effectively adds 10 years and roughly $360 million to the $66.5 million Trout was already owed for 2019 and 2020 from the extension he signed in 2014, according to an industry source, but for luxury tax purposes it will be considered a 12-year contract.

[Analysis: Mike Trout, baseball's $430 million man, is actually underpaid]

flyingfooldoug

So who puts the gun to the owners head?

I think they see a way to make money. If you want big bucks, you gotta spend big bucks.

Can’t blame the players or managers for wanting big bucks.

The man who has it and pays it must be the one to blame......unless there’s a gun involved

TexasAg1969

Zack Greinke is now a starter for the Astros and even though he won his first game, he got clocked for 5 earned runs in 6 innings. But the Astros are on a complete lineup hitting tear right now so the final score was 11-6 over the Rockies. Last night they scored 14. Hard to lose a game with that kind of support.

mjp28

@flyingfooldoug said:

So who puts the gun to the owners head?

I think they see a way to make money. If you want big bucks, you gotta spend big bucks.

Can’t blame the players or managers for wanting big bucks.

The man who has it and pays it must be the one to blame......unless there’s a gun involved

The TV contracts are driving everything plus the big markets like Yank$ are making and spending like there is no tomorrow.

Are these players worth this much? Of course not but the arms race is on.

Meanwhile the Cleveland's FO has done a fantastic job.

flyingfooldoug

@mjp28 said:

The TV contracts are driving everything plus the big markets like Yank$ are making and spending like there is no tomorrow.

Are these players worth this much? Of course not but the arms race is on.

Meanwhile the Cleveland's FO has done a fantastic job.

It’s amazing. The turnover in starters from opening day. They stunk for a while there and now it’s pennant race time. The FO made the right moves at the right time.

And their is Cleveland???