Just out of curiousity, I wanted to know this from everyone:
What is the worst contract, in your opinion, for a player? Ever....
I'll add them to the list as people make contributions.
Here's mine.
2005 - MLB. Tim Wakefield agrees to a one year, $4 million contract extension, including a perpetual $4 million per year option, renewable per each year.
In essence, Boston has the rights to Tim Wakefield for the rest of his life. And at a paltry cost of $4 million per year. Boston has taken advantage of this stupid contract and has gotten a league average pitcher on the cheap for the past two years. Can you imagine this in a few years....
FoxSports.com reports that the Boston Red Sox have exercised the $4 million option on the skeleton of Tim Wakefield for the 2079 season.
Madness.
Look forward to some of your suggestions.
2006 - MLB. Bronson Arroyo agrees to a three year, $11.2 million deal with the Boston Red Sox.
Special Thanks To The Return Of Manrub For The Submission of this very #### deal
Wanting to stay in Boston and now arbitration available, Arroyo agreed (against the advice of his agent, who probably thought he was nuts) to a heavily discounted deal that bought out his arbitration years. Unfortunately for Arroyo, this deal had the opposite affect. With his contract such a cheap deal, he was promptly traded to the Reds for outfielder Wily Mo Pena. This was a very #### move on the behalf of the Red Sox. I agree with Manrub that this is probably a worse deal than the Wakefield deal, as he brought up the point that Wakefield has 10-5 rights, while Arroyo had none.
As a Red Sox fan, I can't believe I'm doing this, but I found a Red Sox contract that's worse. Bronson Arroyo agreed to a three year, $11.2 million deal with the Red Sox prior to 2006. He accepted a hometown discount because he wanted to stay with the Red Sox. Unfortunately for Bronson, this deal made him very tradeable, and the Red Sox dealt him to the Reds. I know it was a business decision, but the move was rather classless by the Red Sox.
At least in Wakefield's case, he doesn't have to worry about an unwanted trade. Wake's been in the league 10 years and with the same club for 5, so he can veto any trade. The lack of no-trade protection I think made Bronson's deal worse.
the Arroyo contract was extremely slimy on behalf of the Red Sox not only did they sign him for below fair market value. Arroyo claims at the time of the signing that Theo assured him the Sox had no intention of tradeing him. The only consolation for Arroyo was that kharma punced Theo right in the grapes by decimating his rotation shortly after the trade.
The funny thing about all of this is Bronson told a beat writer this winter that he would love to return to the Sox.
The kid is a glutton for punishment
Last edited by 54fulltiltfulltime on March 23rd at 4:34 PM.
I'm a long time Texas Rangers fan who has come to love baseball as a whole. I recently began this blog as a way for me to showcase my opinions, provide some analysis, and hopefully entertain those who happen to stumble upon my little soapbox online. I'll toss in an NFL, College, or NBA nugget every now and then. Enjoy the posts everyone, and yes, getting a little love in a Deadspin post was probably the highlight of the year, blogwise.
Do You Have Comment You Don't Want All To See? Just Want To Talk Baseball? Email Me at morisatos_blo g AT yahoo.com. Email's edited to keep away the Spam.
