Worst contracts in baseball (current)

[Convo]

I was going to make this about Blue Jays past and present but changed my mind and made it about active contracts in the majors.

[Convo]

Easily Poo Holes. 2021...

 

Yeah... though he's shown some signs of coming out of the funk, it does seem awfully bad.

[Abomination]

A-Rod, Upton, and Howard probably for me. For shorter term ones, definitely Wells too. At least *most* of the other guys on the list are performing reasonably, just not at the expected level.

[Convo]

A-Rod, Upton, and Howard probably for me. For shorter term ones, definitely Wells too. At least *most* of the other guys on the list are performing reasonably, just not at the expected level.

 

How about Uggla - now providing negative WAR

[HERPDERP]

You need to evaluate contracts at the time it is made and not where we're at now. Otherwise you could say today that Tanaka has the best contract in the majors, but he could all of a sudden fall of the cliff and become injured for the next several years.

 

I bet if you asked about Ricky Ro's contract 3 years ago, no one would have said that it was a terrible contract. Same with Lind and Hill +5 years ago.

 

The contract that is the worst in baseball is Pujols'. Yeah he was still producing when he signed that contract, but he doesn't seem like a player who would age well. And you're paying him so much for past performance.

[The Cats Ass]

BJ Upton is the right choice here. Pujols is very costly, but atleast he provides some value. This could change in a couple years though.

[Convo]

You need to evaluate contracts at the time it is made and not where we're at now. Otherwise you could say today that Tanaka has the best contract in the majors, but he could all of a sudden fall of the cliff and become injured for the next several years.

 

I bet if you asked about Ricky Ro's contract 3 years ago, no one would have said that it was a terrible contract. Same with Lind and Hill +5 years ago.

 

The contract that is the worst in baseball is Pujols'. Yeah he was still producing when he signed that contract, but he doesn't seem like a player who would age well. And you're paying him so much for past performance.

 

No. Not asking how bad the contract was at the time of signing. That's not the point of this. What's the point of you though?

[Angrioter]

Sergio Santos

[HERPDERP]

some1 is made

[wilko]

Pujols is going to be like 50 when his contract is over. He could be close to 50 now, nobody knows!

[Convo]

Your were hoping Reyes in a landslide, U MAD?

 

You got me pegged.

[over500]

Pujols is going to be like 50 when his contract is over. He could be close to 50 now, nobody knows!

 

That's his secret. He's always 50.

[Governator]

Arod is already 39yr old and owed $64M through 2017... With a year off I don't see how that can be beat. There is zero value in the contract.

[dineke]

Reyes is pretty bad... And also, f*** that guy.

[BTS]

Voted Sabathia. Could be ~$100 million completely wasted.

[Frenchsoup]

Voted Verlander. Has been terrible this year and a ton of mileage on that arm.

[GoldBull]

Voted Howard. -0.8 WAR over the past three years for $25M/yr

[Atothe]

Pujols ridiculous when he signed and even more ridiculous now. No way around it

[Dr. Dinger]

Pujols, easily. Verlander could wind up being an ugly albatross too.

[wilko]

Verlander is interesting, is it just the slight drop in velocity (~2 mph max and ~1 mph average) that is leading to the performance drop-off?

 

I think averaging 210IP since 2006 is probably contributing to his troubles. No doubt the innings are taking a toll on him.

[guylaroche5]

tempted to pick howard's just because he's so f***ing bad right now but man, dat 200 mil

[GD]

Howard. He can't f***ing play baseball. Sabathia is injured. Pujols is still awesome even if he's overpaid. Verlander's had a bad half season. But Howard? He's just terrible and committed to for the long run. Not his fault that RAJ is a dumbshit but wow that was a stupid deal.

[NorthOf49]

I'm not sure that this logic is correct.

Has anyone done a study on this? I'm curious to know.

 

I've always rejected the "an arm only has so many bullets" hypothesis. It's made up of muscles, not gun parts.

[GD]

Pujols is good, I wouldn't say awesome. He's a ~3 win player or so on a much lengthier and more expensive contract than Howard's.

 

I'm not one for semantics. He's an all-time GOAT and still performing at a very high level. He's obviously overpaid but he's still pretty awesome to watch and I still like the guy.

[NorthOf49]

I'm not one for semantics. He's an all-time GOAT and still performing at a very high level. He's obviously overpaid but he's still pretty awesome to watch and I still like the guy.

Yep obviously a very great career. But Pujols stands to make $113M after Howard's deal runs out! That's a crazy sum of money and there's a decent chance he's as useless as Howard for some of those years.

[FireAlexAnthopoulos]

Reyes. Huge overpay for a career loser.

[Frenchsoup]

Reyes. Huge overpay for a career loser.

 

I know you hate him, i am not a huge fan either but he is on pace for a 3 war season. Now, will he stay healthy the rest of the season, no probably not.