Highest Contract you've ever seen.

chillin57 · 05-12-2014, 04:48 PM

Stephen Strasburg just signed a 9 year contract for $342 million earning $38 million a year in my game. Just wondering what were some of the largest contracts you've seen

jmolony3 · 05-12-2014, 10:15 PM

Which team paid him that?

boogeyboard1 · 05-12-2014, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by jmolony3

Which team paid him that?

I'll bet his contract it was the Yankees

chillin57 · 05-13-2014, 02:02 AM

Surprisingly, it the the Indians

boogeyboard1 · 05-13-2014, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by chillin57

Stephen Strasburg just signed a 9 year contract for $342 million earning $38 million a year in my game. Just wondering what were some of the largest contracts you've seen

I'm playing a fictional league with 1972 financial settings, so the highest I've seen was 6 year for close to 2 million.

MogulFiend13 · 05-14-2014, 02:49 AM

Coming off a season where he hit .346/47hrs/136RBI/37SB and a gold glove, Mike Trout signed a 7 year, $280 million contract with the Diamondbacks.

MrWideFrame · 05-14-2014, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by MogulFiend13

Coming off a season where he hit .346/47hrs/136RBI/37SB and a gold glove, Mike Trout signed a 7 year, $280 million contract with the Diamondbacks.

I went to extend Trout during the season and he was demanding 9 years with an average salary of $47.5 million, totaling $427,500,000. I lol'd and re-signed him in the offseason for about half of that.

MogulFiend13 · 05-14-2014, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by MrWideFrame

I went to extend Trout during the season and he was demanding 9 years with an average salary of $47.5 million, totaling $427,500,000. I lol'd and re-signed him in the offseason for about half of that.

That is usually the case with free agents. I wish it was a little more realistic though.

Like Corey Hart was coming off a season for me on the Brewers where he only made it to 83 games, batted .276/13hrs/1.1WAR and he was asking for a 7yr/140mm and got insulted when I offered him half of that.

It shouldn't be that large of a gap unless the player's personality had a large greed rating.

tejdog1 · 05-15-2014, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by MrWideFrame

I went to extend Trout during the season and he was demanding 9 years with an average salary of $47.5 million, totaling $427,500,000. I lol'd and re-signed him in the offseason for about half of that.

So What Does a Mike Trout Extension Look Like Now? | FanGraphs Baseball

Interesting read there.

ryanmusialo · 05-15-2014, 03:54 PM

David Eckstein signed a deal that included a $47.5M vesting option if he played in like 120 games. Missed 3/4 of the season and wound up batting .400 in the games he did play. Would have been worth it if he'd played a full season, probably.

JMDurron · 05-15-2014, 10:00 PM

A fictional player named Nick Walker signed a 5-year, $180 million deal with the Cubs, following seasons with 7.3, 6.2, 8.8, then 3.5 WAR with the Rockies. He is making $43 million in the last year of his deal in 2023.

Even my crazy money deals tend to be reasonable in length, I have noticed. The Pujols deal is still the longest/richest on the books as of 2021 in my league. 5-years isn't bad even at insane dollars, although the Cubs got the 3.5 WAR guy instead of the 6 WAR guy, but I figure that was some kind of Cubs Code in play.

Panz04er · 04-13-2016, 07:54 PM

I have reached 2019 season and Jose Fernandez signed a 10 year, $490 million deal with the SF Giants

05-12-2014, 04:48 PM	#1
chillin57 Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 4	Highest Contract you've ever seen. Stephen Strasburg just signed a 9 year contract for $342 million earning $38 million a year in my game. Just wondering what were some of the largest contracts you've seen

04-13-2016, 07:54 PM	#12
Panz04er Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 1	Jose Fernandez I have reached 2019 season and Jose Fernandez signed a 10 year, $490 million deal with the SF Giants

05-12-2014, 10:15 PM	#2
jmolony3 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 190	Which team paid him that?

05-13-2014, 02:02 AM	#4
chillin57 Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 4	Surprisingly, it the the Indians

05-14-2014, 02:49 AM	#6
MogulFiend13 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 21	Coming off a season where he hit .346/47hrs/136RBI/37SB and a gold glove, Mike Trout signed a 7 year, $280 million contract with the Diamondbacks.

05-15-2014, 03:54 PM	#10
ryanmusialo Bat Boy Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 2	David Eckstein signed a deal that included a $47.5M vesting option if he played in like 120 games. Missed 3/4 of the season and wound up batting .400 in the games he did play. Would have been worth it if he'd played a full season, probably.

05-15-2014, 10:00 PM	#11
JMDurron All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,262	A fictional player named Nick Walker signed a 5-year, $180 million deal with the Cubs, following seasons with 7.3, 6.2, 8.8, then 3.5 WAR with the Rockies. He is making $43 million in the last year of his deal in 2023. Even my crazy money deals tend to be reasonable in length, I have noticed. The Pujols deal is still the longest/richest on the books as of 2021 in my league. 5-years isn't bad even at insane dollars, although the Cubs got the 3.5 WAR guy instead of the 6 WAR guy, but I figure that was some kind of Cubs Code in play.