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Alex Rodriguez MLB Career is Done on Friday August 12th


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I ask this as a Yankees fan: is this the worst contract in the history of sports? 10 years and $275 million for 23.5 WAR in total -- with 6.8 in year one of the ten-year contract and 15 in the first three years of it. The Yankees received 8.5 WAR over the final seven years for ~$190 million -- 1.2 per year, which is BARELY above a triple A replacement player.

Good effing riddance.

 

EDIT: 9 years for $250 million. Forgot about the one-year suspension!

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Not even close

 

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/16650867/why-mets-pay-bobby-bonilla-119-million-today-every-july-1-2035

 

I ask this as a Yankees fan: is this the worst contract in the history of sports? 10 years and $275 million for 23.5 WAR in total -- with 6.8 in year one of the ten-year contract and 15 in the first three years of it. The Yankees received 8.5 WAR over the final seven years for ~$190 million -- 1.2 per year, which is BARELY above a triple A replacement player.

Good effing riddance.

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I ask this as a Yankees fan: is this the worst contract in the history of sports? 10 years and $275 million for 23.5 WAR in total -- with 6.8 in year one of the ten-year contract and 15 in the first three years of it. The Yankees received 8.5 WAR over the final seven years for ~$190 million -- 1.2 per year, which is BARELY above a triple A replacement player.

Good effing riddance.

Wait until Pujols hits the late years of his deal.

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Wait until Pujols hits the late years of his deal.

After this season, Pujols will need 6 WAR over 5 seasons to tie A-Rod's number in his final contract - a relatively meager amount. Something tells me he gets it done.

A-Rod will make more than $175 million more than Bonilla from his deal, so I think A-Rod's is just a little worse. Bonilla's is crazier, which is why it has become infamous.

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