Mike Trout Gets Largest Sports Contract Ever (pitchers, pitcher, athletics)
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IMO it's just nuts. What worries me is that some players with these huge contracts seem to have a short shelf life, i.e., they're great for a few years then go downhill fast, leaving their teams with a fat financial obligation, for years, for a player who's increasingly closer to just plain average or a bit above.
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IMO it's just nuts. What worries me is that some players with these huge contracts seem to have a short shelf life, i.e., they're great for a few years then go downhill fast, leaving their teams with a fat financial obligation, for years, for a player who's increasingly closer to just plain average or a bit above.
Exactly. Anaheim has already seen it with Albert Pujois. I would have done a lesser contract and front loaded it. Contract would have a very different look starting around 33 or 35. Anaheim never got their monies worth out of Albert, but his contract is a bargain in today's time, compared to when he signed.
IMO it's just nuts. What worries me is that some players with these huge contracts seem to have a short shelf life, i.e., they're great for a few years then go downhill fast, leaving their teams with a fat financial obligation, for years, for a player who's increasingly closer to just plain average or a bit above.
Which makes up for them being underpaid in the pre Free Agency years, including arbitration.
DeGrom's Fair market Value 2019 is far more than $17 mill arbitration consensus deal. Prior year, he made $7.4 mill.
Trout until 2019 made $77 mill in 6 years with a WAR of 64.3.
Personally, I would favor arbitration not based on years, but at bats, or games started/relieved.
perhaps say 500 abs, 30 starts, or 50 innings in relief, career, makes one arbitration eligible.
Players, just like those of us in other professions, should always be able to get Fair Market Value. Not be an indentured servant to one team.
Exactly. Anaheim has already seen it with Albert Pujois. I would have done a lesser contract and front loaded it. Contract would have a very different look starting around 33 or 35. Anaheim never got their monies worth out of Albert, but his contract is a bargain in today's time, compared to when he signed.
There’s a big difference between the Angels contracts with Pujols vs. Trout.
They signed Pujols to a 10 year deal starting with his age 32 season — and his decline was already underway. Pujols gave the team two excellent seasons, three other seasons that were at least above replacement, and two bad years — plus he’s a lock to give the Angels three more awful seasons.
Trout, who signed a 12 year contract, is going into his age 27 season. He’s still in his prime, and even if he ages like Pujols, he will have given the Angels seven great seasons, three above replacement seasons, and two bad years. And he could do better than Pujols did. That’s far better value for the team.
IMO it's just nuts. What worries me is that some players with these huge contracts seem to have a short shelf life, i.e., they're great for a few years then go downhill fast, leaving their teams with a fat financial obligation, for years, for a player who's increasingly closer to just plain average or a bit above.
Not sure why you think Trout is going to have a short shelf life. He’s going into his prime at age 27 next year, when his new deal starts. Unless he suffers a career threatening injury, I can’t see him falling off for another 5-7 years.
A number of players who fell off quickly were signed to big contracts later in their career (Pujols) or were hefty slugger types (Prince Fielder, Mo Vaughan, Pablo Sandoval). The latter tend not to age well.
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