15 Worst Contracts This Year

[Brandon]

No real surprises, but interesting placements and reasoning.

 

http://grantland.com/features/mlb-worst-contracts-alex-rodriguez-albert-pujols/

 

[mtangelsfan]

Wouldn't it make more sense to rate contract worth at the end of the season?

 

I mean Fielder could be great for Rangers this year or Hamilton could rake. 

[wopphil]

Interesting list.  I agree that Hamilton and Pujols should both be on it, and their rankings seem fair.  But I probably wouldn't have placed anyone on the list who has only one year remaining on his contract. 

[wopphil]

For example, I would have put Justin Verlander, Cole Hamels, Matt Cain, Sabathia, and Edwin Jackson on this list way before many of the other guys. 

[Brandon]

Wouldn't it make more sense to rate contract worth at the end of the season?

 

I mean Fielder could be great for Rangers this year or Hamilton could rake. 

 

Yes, and I liked the way the author prefaced everything. He laid out dsome ground rules, but also said it's a fun thing with regards to the topic...so more of a disucssion opposed to empirical.

 

Also, on the flip side, this list is essentially a revision of last year (with remaining years) as you mention.

 

Just a conversation piece. I was more interested in the blurbs for each player than where they ranked. Just good points about relievers and aging players in general.

[nando714]

I counted 6 dodgers on that entire list.

[nando714]

Wonder why they left Matt Kemp off the list

[Brent Maguire]

Nelson Cruz's contract he signs will end up being terrible so you can put that on there too.

Agree with some of the players although putting guys who have 1 year left on their contract seems odd.

[Brandon]

I'm the opposite, I like the final year deals because it makes more sense to have a body of work rather than just put Cano on there when he hasn't even played yet.

 

But the main context seems to be if a players contract allows him to be tradable or if a random team would want to take on said contract. 

[Angelsjunky]

In before the Its Not Our Money Crowd starts frothing at the mouth.

[Brandon]

I'm not around this part much, but is that the battle cry or overused running joke this season?

[gotbeer]

Prepare to be stunned.  

 

But this might be the only case that a Salary/WAR calculation might be appropriate.   But you can't fortell the future, so you can only go by 2013 numbers, then say the contract probably won't be worth it.

[tdawg87]

Cano's contract is horrible.

[OregonLAA]

In before the Its Not Our Money Crowd starts frothing at the mouth.

How is that even relevant? Did ticket prices go up this year? Did we miss out on other players?

[LAAMike]

I wonder what the technicality is the allows A-Rod to make 2.9 million this year when he is suspended for the entire year?

[gotbeer]

I wonder what the technicality is the allows A-Rod to make 2.9 million this year when he is suspended for the entire year?

 

I think it's his signing bonus money.  

[Reveille1984]

But Pujols said he would void his contract if he can no longer play at a high level!  We all believe that will happen, right?  Right??........

[ukyah]

since when is adrian gonzalez a bad defensive 1b? prince fielder is only slighlty above avg? why, because he had a moderately down year? 

[Docwaukee]

What about Wells?  They have a bunch of other 1yr deals in there.  Why not his?

 

Also, I think the Tigers effectively paying Kinsler 4/100 is one of the worst.  Granted, Kinsler is not actually getting that money, but the fact that they are agreeing to that should be recognized. 

 

Albert's deal is pretty dreaful, but interestingly, with FA dollars increase a decent amount this year, we could see the avg $/1 WAR at around 8mil for alberts deal.  

 

His bWAR is about 6.5 with 8 yrs and 220mil remaining.  If he need about 30 WAR over the ten years, then he would need about 23.5 over the next 8 or about 3 WAR per year.  Three 4-5 WAR seasons, three 2-3 WAR seasons and a couple of 1-2 WAR seasons gets him pretty close.  Just Sayin' 

[yk9001]

But Pujols said he would void his contract if he can no longer play at a high level!  We all believe that will happen, right?  Right??........

 

 

Steve Nash is wondering what you're talking about.

[yk9001]

But more often than not, paying for them ends terribly. In Pujols’s case, it’s probably not going to take eight more years for team regret to set in.

 

For all but the nuttiest of the nutswingers, the regret set in about May 1, 2012.

[Docwaukee]

But more often than not, paying for them ends terribly. In Pujols’s case, it’s probably not going to take eight more years for team regret to set in.

 

For all but the nuttiest of the nutswingers, the regret set in about May 1, 2012.

I think there was recognition by pretty much everyone that the latter half of this contract would be anywhere from bad to complete disaster with the hope the the first five years of the deal would help net a few playoff appearances and hopefully a WS. 

 

So my regret was there but deferred to match Alberts salary

[Stradling]

But Pujols said he would void his contract if he can no longer play at a high level! We all believe that will happen, right? Right??........

Who says he can no longer play at a high level? Last year he was playing on one foot and played in 99 games and still had a 1.5 WAR. In 2012 he had over a 4 WAR. Is he overpaid, yes, but if he puts up 2012 type numbers then it isn't the worst contract ever like some are suggesting. If Albert can't get healthy then I believe he will retire before the end of his contract.

[Blarg]

But Pujols said he would void his contract if he can no longer play at a high level! We all believe that will happen, right? Right??........

I don't know any more than you do. Why not engage in the conversation instead of trolling.

[ukyah]

But Pujols said he would void his contract if he can no longer play at a high level!  We all believe that will happen, right?  Right??........

 

 

 

i'd be a fool to bet on anybody giving up a lot of money over pride, but it has happened before and albert is the kind of prideful dude to do it too. we'll just have to wait and see how life plays out, i guess.