On baseball reference, it says last season he didn’t play because of foot and hip injuries. Now it’s say that he had a set back in his recovery, so he will be in the IL till after all-star break.
Look as bad as jayson heyward contract is, he helped bring us a championship and we didn’t sign him for his offense as much as we signed him for his gold glove defense
luvfreedom I’m guessing you’re not a businessman either? The revenue the Cubs have made off their play off appearances and World Series win. From merchandise alone justifies his contract. What kind of business man are you?
i just want people to leave chris davis alone... we have NOTHING going for us except the fact that we got the number 1 draft pick... go pick on the royals for a while please😭
When these players sign these massive deals they are often coming off career years. Career years are by definition the peak production so front offices have become wary of recency bias.
@Gary Oak - You need to subscribe to Spectrum and a couple of other lesser known cable providers that offer Spectrum Sportsnet LA; otherwise, you're fucked. Look up "Spectrum Sportsnet L.A." and see the history of the channel. We've been dealing w/ this mess since 2014.
Here is a tip MLB fans (and fellow Dodger fans): Use r/mlbstreams. You can find threads for each game. Click on a link (most of them are safe, I reccomend finding the link for Sportshd and Bilasport) and watch the game on your laptop. You can plug in your HDMI cable in to the laptop and mirror it on your TV.
How about a list of one season wonders? Talking about the orioles made me think of Beady Anderson and his 50 HR season. I’m talking about guys who had one great year (or even two) surrounded by average of slightly below average play afterwards. Or even guys who sucked one they changed teams, like Mo Vaughn going to the angels, or Albert Pinole going to the angels, or josh Hamilton going to the angels, or... pretty much everyone the angels have signed in free agency.
There are a lot of players you missed, but I completely agree with your inclusion of Albert Pujols. As a Cardinals fan who grew up watching Albert in his prime, I was devastated to see him go, especially right after we won the WS. What's even more sad though is how I've watched him deteriorate from the most-feared hitter in the game to a mere shadow of his former self, it's been quite depressing really. And it's shocking how instantaneously upon his signing with the Angels this change became noticeable; he just never could find himself in LA
As a Baltimore Orioles lifetime fan I must say not everybody wanted to resign him, especially since the idiots were basically negotiating against themselves.
Mets Failed Stars: -Vince Coleman -Bobby Banilla -Rickey Henderson -Roberto Alomar -Jason Bay -Francisco Rodriguez -Kelvim Escobar (didn't even get to play for them) -Jason Vargas
I was looking for Dexter Fowler. What a joke of a contract. But this is the first video I've seen of yours and I love your commentary. Could you go over the draft that's going on tonight. I'll miss it and I'd love to hear you go over it man!
? He's got what, a 5 year, $80 mil deal? He was good the first year, terrible the second, and meh this season, but there's only 2 more years left on it. It's not a great contract by any stretch, but it's not a huge money, decade long franchise crippler. There's definitely worse deals out there rn.
Because he is a triple crown winner a 2 time mvp and 7 time allstar with the tigers he is just getting old and that is why the past 2 years he hasn’t done well he is just out of his prime
Albert was signed to make the angels money dawg. He built his legacy in St. Louis and the angels shelled out money for his legacy not his Homeruns. His name would lure many fans to park consistently along side with trout. They are gonna get their money back, and because he is a great player, they can even keep him on the field and batters box without having to hold a younger better player back due to contract fulfillment cause he is still very good at his old age. This is a business, TV contracts are huge, but the foundation is putting asses in seats and selling merchandise and overpriced beer and food. Albert is a huge asset to those revenue streams, and as long as he is on the 40 man roster, he will make them more money than they are paying him.
I know the Red Sox better than any other team, here are our lowlights. Carl Crawford, Rusney Castillo, Pablo Sandoval, Matt Clement, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Julio Lugo, and Edgar Renteria are the top ones that come to mind.
Heyward also rallied the team during the rain delay of game7 of the World Series, so even though he’s regressed as a player, I would still say the signing was worth it. Also his defense was still great.
Yeah, I'm an Orioles fan. The Davis contract is the Bonillia one for sure. Typical Orioles strategy in giving that deal: --no pitching? Check --no one to play either corner OF position? Check --have promising young stars in the system (Schoop and Machado)? Check What could possibly go wrong?
The Orioles had another worst contract back in 1991. The gave up, three players for Glenn Davis. Not the least was Curt Schilling, Pete Harnish, and Steve Finley were what they paid for him. He was due for free agency at the end of the 1991 season. The Orioles were expected to parlay the Davis deal into a championship at least, maybe a World Series win. Early in the 1991 season, Davis suffered a shoulder injury. The Orioles ended up in last place. But they signed him in the off season to a then-large contract: 6 million for three seasons. During those four season, David played fewer than 180 games for the orioles. The orioles sucked that entire time. Rule 5 player Randy mIlligan became their regular first baseman. What a miserable deal. What a miserable contract.
I would argue that Jacoby Ellsbury's contract with the Yankees should be considered a top 5 (maybe even a top 3) worst contracts in MLB right now. Like seriously, he hasn't played a baseball game since October 2017. He is literally getting paid to stay on the injured list.
The Albert Pujols deal wasn't all that bad. He is still hitting with good power and decent average, he is generally healthy, and provides TONS of intangibles! He's a classy guy and provides the team with a legit veteran to teach young players and he can play some excellent defense when he isn't at the DH. Yeah it could've been better but he isn't 25 anymore!
Srs: we'll be showing players in their prime in this video to resemble how they once were. Chris Davis comes up: makes contact twice out of like 15 clips.
Also you’re wrong about Albert. Albert Pujols is one of my 10 favorite players today and his contract wasn’t just disappointing it was absolutely horrible. For 254 million, 1 pretty good year (but worse than his previous decade 3 meh years and 5 bad to horrific years and then released before the contract ended? Horrendous Miguel Cabrera’s is also absolutely atrocious
You missed the fact that Bay came from Boston, which honestly I was happy that they departed with him. He was ok, so-so. You could tell he wasnt going to be worth it.
Batting average alone does not tell enough of the story because it does not account for on base skills and events that occur for each batted ball. OPS, while not as all encompassing as wRC, is a more complete story. Nobody in the bigs hits for average anymore. As Josh Donaldson puts it, nobody pays you to hit groundballs.
Maybe it's a psychological issue. Imposter Syndrome is a psychological pattern in which one doubts one's accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a "fraud". IDK.
Yeah you jumped the gun on Bryce. 4 years later 1 MVP already and a .287/.400/.563 slashline (higher than his totals in Washington) Bryce is not only earning his money, in terms of cost per WAR he’s underpaid
No Yu Darvish?? As a cub fan, His contract was worse than Heyward’s in my opinion. At least Heyward is a leader in that clubhouse and his rain delay speech maybe was the reason that we won the World Series that year.
Not a huge contract, but Eric Chavez' 6 years for $66 million ended up horribly for the A's. He only played 154 games out of the last 4 years of the deal.
Bryce Harper had a ton of pressure on him when he came to the Phillies but he will get better I'm sure in the future. He's a great outfielder and he has had some good moments batting. All of his haters wanted him which is funny
Jason Clark also people are judging him on half a season. At the end of the season he’ll have some pretty good stats, not “great” but pretty good. But it’s also year 1/13 he has a lot of time to prove he’s worth it. Also love or hate him, he brings people in the stands and gets ratings and people talking. Which in turn, makes the Phillies more money. Note: I love Harper and want him to win the next 12 MVPs
Considering you put Jason Bay on there who is far as I know is not in the MLB anymore, I'm surprised you didn't mention Barry Zito considering how strong a picture he was with the A's. I do admit that there was some years where he was barely above 500 on good winning the A's teams, but a slight majority of his years were pretty damn good with that team including his final year and then he signed one of the largest contracts ever by a picture to join the Giants and isn't very good with them. I don't think he was like completely awful, he just was generally below average but there were a few years where he was atrocious and he most certainly did not live up to the value of his contract.
Way, way, way to easy on AP with the Angels! 30 Home Runs??? He's been exactly the same the last 3 or 4 years. 240-250 with 22 home runs!. Combine that with how slow he is and he's been a well below average 1st base for 70% of this contract!!
If I were the owner of the orioles I’d have a come to Jesus with Chris Davis: I didn’t pay out to Hit singles. Good thing ‘cuz aren’t hitting singles. I did pay you to hit homeruns. Lots of them. You ain’t hitting home runs so apparently I ain’t paying you to hit home runs. It seems like I’m paying you to strike out. I must be crazy because nobody pays this kind of money for you to strike out. You like strike outs so much? We’ll make you a pitcher because you can’t suck anymore at that than you do as a hitter.
Personally I would have had Bobby Bonilla for the Mets. His contract pales in comparison to today's contracts but he is paid through 2035 I think. Happy Bobby Bonilla Day!!!
Mariners old management sucked. Not to say Kyle Seager is bad, but he's largely average, but when he's over paid and IMPOSSIBLE to trade. They put in a trade clause that makes his last year contract a player option rather than a club option only if he's traded. Golly!
Cardinals lineup was better so it made Pujois better. Also he left them at 31. He was prime with Cardinals. 4 -100 RBI seasons with Angels He consistently got more RBIs then Trout. Most seasons.
Yu Darvish is an awful signing not so much the amount of money they offered but for how long they offered it. He was already aging but came off of a pretty solid season if we are being honest. A 2-3 year deal makes more sense to me personally and in hindsight with how bad he has struggled and his injury signing him in general was bad. Harper is NOT a 300m player especially when he has 5-6 years of his prime left before a decline and they will be paying him an arm and a leg until the dude is 39. Not to mention he hasn't really been a consistent player throughout the years like Pujols. He either hits .300+ or sub .250 and don't even get me started on the glove. On the bright side he has an ABSOLUTE cannon of an arm for all the balls that get past him. Machado is a more deserving player for a big contract like that but still isn't that great in the field. I would understand a team that could use a player like him paying that much for him but the Padres need a whole hell of a lot more help than one star player before they will be competing again and with a contract like that it's going to be hard to compete for a title unless they have some studs in the farm system. They pretty much crippled themselves for the next 10 years while the Phillies actually have a legitimate chance of being contenders for a title. Even then they really screwed themselves with that Harper contract in the long run.
Rick Porcello has a bad contract, hard to say that though, lead the league in wins and won a cy young, but after that he lead the league in losses and has been garbage the following 3 years
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Thanks to everyone for all the feedback for video ideas! Keep them coming!
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why is there a trashcan instead on an actual player on the picture
I was talking about Chris Davis
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No homer bailey lol. Dude got 200 mil after 2 no hitters and then had like 3 tommy johns and era over 7 for the reds
Noah Schroder yup I remember all of that 🤬😂 Home Run Bailey
God, don't remind me lol
Noah Schroder the no hitter and perfect games curses are real unless your mark burhle
It was 6 years $105M but yeah. Still bad. Not just in retrospect either.
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You forgot Pablo Sandoval. The Red Sox are paying him 18M this year to play for the Giants.
What about Jacoby Ellsbury? Dude is getting 29 mill a season and hasn’t played since 2017
I don’t see why Albert is in this list
@@dom.rockchalkjayhawk.8990 cuz the steal hitting quite alot
On baseball reference, it says last season he didn’t play because of foot and hip injuries. Now it’s say that he had a set back in his recovery, so he will be in the IL till after all-star break.
Haxord 2 even when he does come back he’s washed up and probably won’t be playing much, especially with all the talent the Yankees have
BJ Upton should've been on the list
I look forward to Machado and Harper becoming duds with their teams!
Lmao nigga the entire cardinals team bar rb is duds
Machado continues to be a high performer. I totally can see him dropping off though.
@@fernie51296 He just turned 27, he probably won't drop for a bit.
I know you said only 1 Met but Bobby Bonilla deserves an honorable mention
4:54 That play made me laugh, I wasn't expect a guy to just flop in out of nowhere lol
As a Yankees fan you forgot about Jacoby
Alejandro Mejia Also as a Yankees fan, I expected it to be on here as well, because it is truly their worst contract ever.
Let’s just forget about it please? That dude is a bum
Jacobys good he’s just been injured since forever
Ah yes, just like Bay. Another Sox player we let go, he wasnt worth it. Just like Damon, at that point, when he joined the dark side.
@@teddysklar9424 he was never good. Just a body, a platoon man. Fill in for the main guys to have a day off.
as a Cubs fan we dont mind Jason Heyward as much as we do yu darvish
Thank you for taking him off our hands 😝
@@jasonfire3434 im still crying
@@jasonfire3434 at least we have our world series😭😭
my left leg is numb you mean you garbage
He was only good on my team
As a Mets fan, that opening joke hurt
Xtream Luck I really took that one to the heart
Only a Mets fan would tell that joke.
Look as bad as jayson heyward contract is, he helped bring us a championship and we didn’t sign him for his offense as much as we signed him for his gold glove defense
Is a good glove worth 20 mil
Robert Miller yes, and the world series
@@mylesbabcock5483 lol. I'm guessing you're not a business man
Agreed I feel like cubs are ok with the hayward contract
luvfreedom I’m guessing you’re not a businessman either? The revenue the Cubs have made off their play off appearances and World Series win. From merchandise alone justifies his contract. What kind of business man are you?
i just want people to leave chris davis alone... we have NOTHING going for us except the fact that we got the number 1 draft pick... go pick on the royals for a while please😭
Preach! Just leave us alone and let us be terrible in peace.
I’m a Reds fan, but god, I’m sorry.
When someone else signs Chris Davis 49 dingers
At least hes there if your bullpen runs dry 😂
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Nah, Bobby Bonilla has the worst contract
Why did I choose to be a met fan
Troop Nation in 70 years from now when we win the World Series it’ll be so worth it
I just said that
Thank you, I was shocked that BB was not the Mets rep.
Paying him out over 30 years is better than paying all at once though
When these players sign these massive deals they are often coming off career years. Career years are by definition the peak production so front offices have become wary of recency bias.
Tom Birren yes and now front offices have stopped basing deals off of career years
The Ryan Howard contract extension with the Phillies, after they won the World Series in 2008, made a rotting corpse smell delightful by comparison.
As a yankee fan, Jacoby Ellsbury’s contract gives me mild depression
yea
Same here.
Yep
Too True...
You guys can afford it though.
I can tell your a Mets fan by how much you hate them.
@ 3:45, remember when the Dodgers were on local TV, Dodger fans? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Gary Oak yea I can't watch anything other than Yankees and mets
@Gary Oak - You need to subscribe to Spectrum and a couple of other lesser known cable providers that offer Spectrum Sportsnet LA; otherwise, you're fucked. Look up "Spectrum Sportsnet L.A." and see the history of the channel. We've been dealing w/ this mess since 2014.
@Gary Oak - Ahhh... fan of hockey? Bonus points if you're either a Kings fan or a Ducks fan [or both].
Gary Oak - May be a bit late, but congrats on having the Jets back to the NHL. :D
Here is a tip MLB fans (and fellow Dodger fans): Use r/mlbstreams. You can find threads for each game. Click on a link (most of them are safe, I reccomend finding the link for Sportshd and Bilasport) and watch the game on your laptop. You can plug in your HDMI cable in to the laptop and mirror it on your TV.
How about a list of one season wonders? Talking about the orioles made me think of Beady Anderson and his 50 HR season. I’m talking about guys who had one great year (or even two) surrounded by average of slightly below average play afterwards. Or even guys who sucked one they changed teams, like Mo Vaughn going to the angels, or Albert Pinole going to the angels, or josh Hamilton going to the angels, or... pretty much everyone the angels have signed in free agency.
There are a lot of players you missed, but I completely agree with your inclusion of Albert Pujols. As a Cardinals fan who grew up watching Albert in his prime, I was devastated to see him go, especially right after we won the WS. What's even more sad though is how I've watched him deteriorate from the most-feared hitter in the game to a mere shadow of his former self, it's been quite depressing really. And it's shocking how instantaneously upon his signing with the Angels this change became noticeable; he just never could find himself in LA
Jordan Zimmermann's Tigers contract was an overall letdown, for sure.
Valkor the Green and letting go Scherzer
i really liked your video about la tortuga, so maybe more videos about underated players, btw love your sense of humor :D
As a Baltimore Orioles lifetime fan I must say not everybody wanted to resign him, especially since the idiots were basically negotiating against themselves.
Mets Failed Stars:
-Vince Coleman
-Bobby Banilla
-Rickey Henderson
-Roberto Alomar
-Jason Bay
-Francisco Rodriguez
-Kelvim Escobar (didn't even get to play for them)
-Jason Vargas
20 seconds in and BJ Upton comes to mind .
Jacoby Ellsbury
I was looking for Dexter Fowler. What a joke of a contract. But this is the first video I've seen of yours and I love your commentary. Could you go over the draft that's going on tonight. I'll miss it and I'd love to hear you go over it man!
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He's got what, a 5 year, $80 mil deal? He was good the first year, terrible the second, and meh this season, but there's only 2 more years left on it. It's not a great contract by any stretch, but it's not a huge money, decade long franchise crippler.
There's definitely worse deals out there rn.
How do you not have miggy on here
Because he is a triple crown winner a 2 time mvp and 7 time allstar with the tigers he is just getting old and that is why the past 2 years he hasn’t done well he is just out of his prime
Albert was signed to make the angels money dawg. He built his legacy in St. Louis and the angels shelled out money for his legacy not his Homeruns. His name would lure many fans to park consistently along side with trout. They are gonna get their money back, and because he is a great player, they can even keep him on the field and batters box without having to hold a younger better player back due to contract fulfillment cause he is still very good at his old age.
This is a business, TV contracts are huge, but the foundation is putting asses in seats and selling merchandise and overpriced beer and food. Albert is a huge asset to those revenue streams, and as long as he is on the 40 man roster, he will make them more money than they are paying him.
I know the Red Sox better than any other team, here are our lowlights. Carl Crawford, Rusney Castillo, Pablo Sandoval, Matt Clement, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Julio Lugo, and Edgar Renteria are the top ones that come to mind.
Heyward also rallied the team during the rain delay of game7 of the World Series, so even though he’s regressed as a player, I would still say the signing was worth it. Also his defense was still great.
What about players that actually performed better after signing a new deal?
You mean like trout
Brock Mak Yelich
@@lucascongdon309 Jose Bautista and jake arrieta
Heduki Matsui
Yeah, I'm an Orioles fan.
The Davis contract is the Bonillia one for sure.
Typical Orioles strategy in giving that deal:
--no pitching? Check
--no one to play either corner OF position? Check
--have promising young stars in the system (Schoop and Machado)? Check
What could possibly go wrong?
I thought it was cool you talked abt different awful contracts other than the famous Bobby Bonilla one.
Great vid!
Thanks Ace!
Jason Heyward is a defensive wizard, and a great clubhouse presence. Not worth $184M, but not a completely bad contract.
The Orioles had another worst contract back in 1991.
The gave up, three players for Glenn Davis. Not the least was Curt Schilling, Pete Harnish, and Steve Finley were what they paid for him. He was due for free agency at the end of the 1991 season.
The Orioles were expected to parlay the Davis deal into a championship at least, maybe a World Series win.
Early in the 1991 season, Davis suffered a shoulder injury. The Orioles ended up in last place.
But they signed him in the off season to a then-large contract: 6 million for three seasons.
During those four season, David played fewer than 180 games for the orioles. The orioles sucked that entire time. Rule 5 player Randy mIlligan became their regular first baseman.
What a miserable deal.
What a miserable contract.
why is there a dumpster fire instead of an actual player in the picture
I would argue that Jacoby Ellsbury's contract with the Yankees should be considered a top 5 (maybe even a top 3) worst contracts in MLB right now.
Like seriously, he hasn't played a baseball game since October 2017. He is literally getting paid to stay on the injured list.
you forgot Bobby Bonilla. the Mets are still paying off his contract and he doesnt receive his last paycheck till 2033
CapvianStudios Bonilla's deal actually expires in 2035, which is just 2 years before the Orioles deal with Chris Davis expires.
@@phoenixgamer3480 bonilla signed his deal in the 1990s, Davis signed his in 2016. Big difference
Jason Bay was 31 when they signed him.
He Only played 95 games 1st season and 348 Abs.
I’m a Mariners fan and the only fans I feel worse for then us is Orioles fans. That contract is so heartbreaking.
Now players will be playing with teams for 20 plus years
Gavin Hutchison is that the players fault?
The Albert Pujols deal wasn't all that bad. He is still hitting with good power and decent average, he is generally healthy, and provides TONS of intangibles! He's a classy guy and provides the team with a legit veteran to teach young players and he can play some excellent defense when he isn't at the DH. Yeah it could've been better but he isn't 25 anymore!
Cubs fan here, when we first got Heyward he didn't perform at the plate, but imo he made up for it in the field
You were so wrong about Bryce Harper
Srs: we'll be showing players in their prime in this video to resemble how they once were.
Chris Davis comes up: makes contact twice out of like 15 clips.
Denny Neagle and Mike Hampton, both signed by the Colorado Rockies to mega-contracts, and both SUCKED.
Jason Heyward was never the same after he got hit in the jaw by the ball when he was batting
No Bobby Bonilla?
Also you’re wrong about Albert. Albert Pujols is one of my 10 favorite players today and his contract wasn’t just disappointing it was absolutely horrible. For 254 million,
1 pretty good year (but worse than his previous decade 3 meh years and 5 bad to horrific years and then released before the contract ended? Horrendous
Miguel Cabrera’s is also absolutely atrocious
You missed the fact that Bay came from Boston, which honestly I was happy that they departed with him. He was ok, so-so. You could tell he wasnt going to be worth it.
Batting average alone does not tell enough of the story because it does not account for on base skills and events that occur for each batted ball. OPS, while not as all encompassing as wRC, is a more complete story. Nobody in the bigs hits for average anymore. As Josh Donaldson puts it, nobody pays you to hit groundballs.
It’s now november 2020 and he years has gotten better every year but I wish he was good in 2016
BJ Upton... because of him, the Braves were forced to trade Kimbrel as well.
"Now he's a guy aiming to make contact 50 times a season"- oh that's harsh
I mean...he only had 55 hits last season.
Chris davis is the goat tho
Taiki Naylor he will get better eventually he is still your best player
@@dom.rockchalkjayhawk.8990 I'm a marlins fan lmao
He is cs he came to my school and I got to shake his hand (when he was good)
Maybe it's a psychological issue. Imposter Syndrome is a psychological pattern in which one doubts one's accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a "fraud". IDK.
Yeah you jumped the gun on Bryce. 4 years later 1 MVP already and a .287/.400/.563 slashline (higher than his totals in Washington) Bryce is not only earning his money, in terms of cost per WAR he’s underpaid
As a Braves fan, I was ecstatic when we didn’t re-sign heyward. Never lived up to the hype
Lil Xtra you guys traded him to st louis lmao
@@DracoVP Because they weren't going to re-sign him. The Cards actually tried to.
No Yu Darvish?? As a cub fan, His contract was worse than Heyward’s in my opinion. At least Heyward is a leader in that clubhouse and his rain delay speech maybe was the reason that we won the World Series that year.
The Jason Bay in video comment was pure gold.
2021 possibly has another to add to this list... Only time will tell
Not a huge contract, but Eric Chavez' 6 years for $66 million ended up horribly for the A's. He only played 154 games out of the last 4 years of the deal.
Best MLB fights ever
Mike Hampton and Dan Uggla, yes it’s rough here in the south.
this list could be litterally all giants
Give it a few years and you'll add Bryce Harper
You can add him right now.
@David Ohlson Not for how much he is being paid.
Carl Crawford, pablo Sandoval, Mike Hampton and Hanley Ramirez
Bryce Harper had a ton of pressure on him when he came to the Phillies but he will get better I'm sure in the future. He's a great outfielder and he has had some good moments batting. All of his haters wanted him which is funny
Jason Clark also people are judging him on half a season. At the end of the season he’ll have some pretty good stats, not “great” but pretty good. But it’s also year 1/13 he has a lot of time to prove he’s worth it. Also love or hate him, he brings people in the stands and gets ratings and people talking. Which in turn, makes the Phillies more money.
Note: I love Harper and want him to win the next 12 MVPs
that jason bay signing man lmfao
Pretty much everyone the Angels have signed over the last 12 years
Considering you put Jason Bay on there who is far as I know is not in the MLB anymore, I'm surprised you didn't mention Barry Zito considering how strong a picture he was with the A's. I do admit that there was some years where he was barely above 500 on good winning the A's teams, but a slight majority of his years were pretty damn good with that team including his final year and then he signed one of the largest contracts ever by a picture to join the Giants and isn't very good with them. I don't think he was like completely awful, he just was generally below average but there were a few years where he was atrocious and he most certainly did not live up to the value of his contract.
at 0:32 you can see money ball Steve from old school DodgerFilms
Way, way, way to easy on AP with the Angels! 30 Home Runs??? He's been exactly the same the last 3 or 4 years. 240-250 with 22 home runs!. Combine that with how slow he is and he's been a well below average 1st base for 70% of this contract!!
If I were the owner of the orioles I’d have a come to Jesus with Chris Davis:
I didn’t pay out to Hit singles. Good thing ‘cuz aren’t hitting singles.
I did pay you to hit homeruns. Lots of them. You ain’t hitting home runs so apparently I ain’t paying you to hit home runs.
It seems like I’m paying you to strike out. I must be crazy because nobody pays this kind of money for you to strike out.
You like strike outs so much? We’ll make you a pitcher because you can’t suck anymore at that than you do as a hitter.
I love you guys. I'm sorry the mets suck so much, but at least you make it fun. I'm a jays fan, and it's painful right now.
That Heyward contract may be ludicrous but he’s starting to do better again so there’s hope
Personally I would have had Bobby Bonilla for the Mets. His contract pales in comparison to today's contracts but he is paid through 2035 I think. Happy Bobby Bonilla Day!!!
Pujols is still producing kind of
Mariners old management sucked. Not to say Kyle Seager is bad, but he's largely average, but when he's over paid and IMPOSSIBLE to trade. They put in a trade clause that makes his last year contract a player option rather than a club option only if he's traded. Golly!
Any list that doesn't start with Bobby Bonilla is immediately suspect
That Pujols contract should've been 5 years. Would've made more sense at least
Matt Cain never got run support. His numbers would have been much better, with some offensive help.
How did Pablo Sandoval not make this list? 5 years and $95 million for nothing
Cardinals lineup was better so it made Pujois better.
Also he left them at 31.
He was prime with Cardinals.
4 -100 RBI seasons with Angels
He consistently got more RBIs then Trout. Most seasons.
In fairness, Jason Heyward did win a World Series with the Cubs.
Barry zitos was worse than cain. Zito just wanted to smoke weed and play guitat
Agreed 7 years 126 million i think .and a #5 starter most of that time
Andrew Grove that was great he help them win 2 world series
Bryce playing "laughably horrible" doesn't seem to drag the phillies down much since they're still in first place while the mets are still negative...
Oh yes, the Mets being bad means that Bryce Harper's contract is good. Solid argument
I just like laughing at mets fans making fun of his contract instead of worrying about their own garbo squad u feel me
For this summer how about should PED be allowed to prevent all the injuries in baseball
As for Jason Heyward he helped the Cubs win a World Series.
First World Series won in 108 years.
Actually, NBA players are the highest payed athletes on average! Dame Lillard just signed a contract that's gonna pay him 49 mil a year!
Christ I can remember when a 45 million dollar contract was huge in the MLB
Carl Crawford has a horrendous contract
Surprised Cabreras contract wasnt in this
same thing with the nba or nfl?
Yu Darvish is an awful signing not so much the amount of money they offered but for how long they offered it. He was already aging but came off of a pretty solid season if we are being honest. A 2-3 year deal makes more sense to me personally and in hindsight with how bad he has struggled and his injury signing him in general was bad. Harper is NOT a 300m player especially when he has 5-6 years of his prime left before a decline and they will be paying him an arm and a leg until the dude is 39. Not to mention he hasn't really been a consistent player throughout the years like Pujols. He either hits .300+ or sub .250 and don't even get me started on the glove. On the bright side he has an ABSOLUTE cannon of an arm for all the balls that get past him. Machado is a more deserving player for a big contract like that but still isn't that great in the field. I would understand a team that could use a player like him paying that much for him but the Padres need a whole hell of a lot more help than one star player before they will be competing again and with a contract like that it's going to be hard to compete for a title unless they have some studs in the farm system. They pretty much crippled themselves for the next 10 years while the Phillies actually have a legitimate chance of being contenders for a title. Even then they really screwed themselves with that Harper contract in the long run.
Where is Ian Desmond?
I wouldn't describe a .243 batting average as "laughably horrible".
For over 20 million per season it is.
Rick Porcello has a bad contract, hard to say that though, lead the league in wins and won a cy young, but after that he lead the league in losses and has been garbage the following 3 years