Current Events > Gerritt Cole to Yankees 9 years 324 million dollars

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Bankees opening up the bank

What the fuck even is baseball
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oh jesus are you serious

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yes i am

Lol max NBA contract is like 200 million. NFL players can't even touch that either.

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Source:

https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/1204626053278289920
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y(ankees)ikes

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PleaseClap posted...

Source:

https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/1204626053278289920

LOL well played.

Still completely concerned about a closer though.
Chapmen gave up way too much stupid shit.
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https://i.imgur.com/Tjzg70i.jpg

Wow, this is exactly what someone predicted down to the amount.

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....Nine years and 29 though, as a pitcher.. This won't end well.
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Lebronwon posted...

NFL players can't even touch that either.

What gets me about it is that NFL pretty much dethroned MLB as America's sport... but then again, baseball is a worldwide sport, so maybe that's how they get the revenue to pay guys like that.

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Jesus. That's 36 million a year.

That's over 1 million per game. PER GAME

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DirkDiggles posted...

Jesus. That's 36 million a year.

That's over 1 million per game. PER GAME

Scratch that. It's like 1 Mill for about 5 and 2/3 innings.
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kinetika_ posted...

What gets me about it is that NFL pretty much dethroned MLB as America's sport... but then again, baseball is a worldwide sport, so maybe that's how they get the revenue to pay guys like that.

One has a salary cap and 53 man rosters the other doesn't and has 25 man rosters.

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Good fucking lord
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kinetika_ posted...

What gets me about it is that NFL pretty much dethroned MLB as America's sport... but then again, baseball is a worldwide sport, so maybe that's how they get the revenue to pay guys like that.

Russell Wilson gets 35 million per year and plays 1/10 of the games as baseball players. Even though a pitcher will pitch 32 games in a good year that's still twice as much as NFL. So, there's a lot more air time for MLB and there are also twice as many players on an NFL roster.

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SK8T3R215 posted...

One has a salary cap and 53 man rosters the other doesn't and has 25 man rosters.

Oh, well... I don't know much about baseball. I didn't know there was no cap lol.

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kinetika_ posted...

Oh, well... I don't know much about baseball. I didn't know there was no cap lol.

Yep, no salary cap in MLB. Never has been.

If anything, baseball needs a salary floor to force cheap-ass teams like the Marlins to spend their money actually improving the team and not constantly fielding shitty teams and turning a profit despite their stadiums being half empty.
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Calwings posted...

Yep, no salary cap in MLB. Never has been.

If anything, baseball needs a salary floor to force cheap-ass teams like the Marlins to spend their money actually improving the team and not constantly fielding shitty teams and turning a profit despite their stadiums being half empty.

True, same for the Rays.
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berlyman101 posted...

Russell Wilson gets 35 million per year

Russell Wilson's contract is also only for 4 years and isn't fully guaranteed.

Gerritt Cole could literally blow his arm out on Opening Day and never pitch again and he'd still get every single dollar of this contract.
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Sidney Crosby makes 10 mil per season, if you want to really put things into perspective.

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Hockey is the least popular sport in America of the big 4

https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/payroll/
https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/miami-marlins/payroll/

Gerrit Cole's 2020 salary is set to be higher than every single player currently on the Miami Marlins payroll combined.
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MabusIncarnate posted...

Sidney Crosby makes 10 mil per season, if you want to really put things into perspective.

Crosby's playing in at least 9/10th of the season though. Cole is only playing 25-35 games out of 162 games lol

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rays still gonna win the division

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CADE FOSTER posted...

Hockey is the least popular sport in America of the big 4

Except in Las Vegas lol.

Crosby is a bad example anyway, nowhere near the top paid player in the league anymore.

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$324 mil for 9 years = roughly:

$36,000,000 per year or... $3,000,000 per month or... $100,000 per day or... $4,166.66 per hour or... $69.44 per minute or... $1.15 per second...

for the next 9 fucking years.

metallica846 posted...

Dont they have medical exemptions for things like that? Like if he really cant pitch they can get some back?

Like Prince Fielder.

Obviously they have insurance that would actually end up paying for it, but the contract would still end up counting against them for things like the Luxury Tax.

E: The insurance only pays part of it, sounds like half? I think the Rangers still have to pay Fielder $24M out of pocket for one more year, with them getting a $9M rebate from whoever they insured the contract with, and $6M from the Tigers to cover what they owe per year.
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Lebronwon posted...

Lol max NBA contract is like 200 million. NFL players can't even touch that either.

All that makes it even more of a disgrace that Marvin Miller only now gets into the Hall of Fame several years after his death. The MLB players union is really strong.

CADE FOSTER posted...

$324 mil for 9 years = roughly:

$36,000,000 per year or... $3,000,000 per month or... $100,000 per day or... $4,166.66 per hour or... $69.44 per minute or... $1.15 per second...

for the next 9 fucking years.

Don't worry. It's only a pitcher...What could go wrong!?!
I'm not saying I hate it, but 9 years is too long.
...Way too long.

In Cashmen we trust I guess.
Did the Yanks lose Didi yet. I think so.
That sucks if true.
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SiO4 posted...

....Nine years and 29 though, as a pitcher.. This won't end well.

What people said about Scherzer.

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sktgamer_13dude posted...

What people said about Scherzer.

you do realize everyone is different Scherzer and Verlander are rare

If the Yankees win a World series or two in the next few years, they will be more than happy with overpaying Cole during his late 30's
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CADE FOSTER posted...

you do realize everyone is different Scherzer and Verlander are rare

Yes, I know that Scherzer and Verlander are the exception and not the rule.

My point still stands. People said the same shit about Scherzer. If the Yankees get 2+ WS rings out it, theyll be happy. And considering their biggest problem last year was SP (outside of all the injuries they had), Im sure theyre ok with the risk involved.

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Bio1590 posted...

Obviously they have insurance that would actually end up paying for it, but the contract would still end up counting against them for things like the Luxury Tax.

E: The insurance only pays part of it, sounds like half? I think the Rangers still have to pay Fielder $24M out of pocket for one more year, with them getting a $9M rebate from whoever they insured the contract with, and $6M from the Tigers to cover what they owe per year.

Insurance pays $9 million a year of it since he "retired" (technically on 60 day DL). Tigers were paying $6 million a year as part of the trade for him to the Rangers. Rangers cover rest out of pocket.

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Yankees make so much money that they can give out contracts like that and it only affects how much profit they make.

And if they win some WS's with Cole, they'll make back what they invested and more.
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sktgamer_13dude posted...

Yes, I know that Scherzer and Verlander are the exception and not the rule.

My point still stands. People said the same shit about Scherzer. If the Yankees get 2+ WS rings out it, theyll be happy. And considering their biggest problem last year was SP (outside of all the injuries they had), Im sure theyre ok with the risk involved.

2+..it'll take more than one opener for that...

I mean it's not my money so I really don't care.
I even thought last season was fun tbh.
And who know what it might have been like had the Astros not cheated.

But anyway...Starting pitching has been a glaring issue.
But Chapman, the closer giving up really stupid shit doesn't help either.
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SK8T3R215 posted...

Insurance pays $9 million a year of it since he "retired" (technically on 60 day DL). Tigers were paying $6 million a year as part of the trade for him to the Rangers. Rangers cover rest out of pocket.

I believe the Rangers technically transfer him $24M then get $9M from the insurance company and $6M from the Tigers. I don't think the Tigers are paying Fielder directly, but that's just splitting hairs and not completely relevant.

And Fielder isn't on the 60-day DL anymore, the Rangers actually fully released him after their season ended in 2017 because they needed the roster spot in 2018. They had to work out the terms of that $9M reimbursement by the insurance company before they did it.
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Bio1590 posted...

I believe the Rangers technically transfer him $24M then get $9M from the insurance company and $6M from the Tigers. I don't think the Tigers are paying Fielder directly, but that's just splitting hairs and not completely relevant.

And Fielder isn't on the 60-day DL anymore, the Rangers actually fully released him after their season ended in 2017 because they needed the roster spot in 2018. They had to work out the terms of that $9M reimbursement by the insurance company before they did it.

60 day DL doesnt take a roster spot, which is why people get transferred to it.

SiO4 posted...

2+..it'll take more than one opener for that...

I mean it's not my money so I really don't care.
I even thought last season was fun tbh.
And who know what it might have been like had the Astros not cheated.

But anyway...Starting pitching has been a glaring issue.
But Chapman, the closer giving up really stupid shit doesn't help either.

I mean Severino missed basically all of the season. Him + Cole + Paxton are a good 1-3, especially for the playoffs.

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I still think it sucks Didi was let go.
He added a lot. If even just for the enjoyment of the game.
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Wasnt he out a significant part of last year?

With people like Andujar and Urshela and whatnot, Im sure the Yankees will be fine.

They didnt trade for Torres to just sit him a bunch. Didi is older.

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the yanks with hindsight def wish they had sold high on andujar after his rookie year. now they have no choice but to let him try and rebuild value and hope he has a kind of Rafael Devers defensive turnaround out of nowhere

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sktgamer_13dude posted...

Wasnt he out a significant part of last year?

With people like Andujar and Urshela and whatnot, Im sure the Yankees will be fine.

They didnt trade for Torres to just sit him a bunch. Didi is older.

Ya, Tommy John...for a short stop.
Still I will miss him, he brings a certain fun to the game.
And I believed in him back when everyone was crapping on him, a few seasons ago.
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Lebronwon posted...

Lol max NBA contract is like 200 million.

But their contracts are shorter. Even with Salary cap, top NBA players can make more in a season than top MLB players. John Wall will make more next season than any MLB player will.
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Imagine getting payed hundreds if millions of dollars to throw a ball

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Middle hope posted...

Imagine getting payed hundreds if millions of dollars to throw a ball

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Middle hope posted...

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