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Ryan Howard Lands A 5-Year Extension For $125 Million
BOX5 the best poster on this site yell:
he deserved it, now big al "the networth machine" is jumping for joy, he's going in and should get nothing less then 200 mill yell
The Come Up Shuffle:
Players with Ryan's skill set tend to fall off fast. It may seem like a a good deal now but in a few years. Say this contract bought out his current contract the fact that this is an additional 5 years is a risky move.
Twentytwofifty:
--- Quote from: S P I C E on April 26, 2010, 03:43:11 PM ---If you guys think this is a terrible deal then Im curious to hear what you thought about the Matt Holliday deal lol. Compared to that deal this contract is a steal for the Phillies.
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Okay, we'll look at that.
Here's Holliday's contract:
--- Quote ---# 7 years/$120M (2010-16), plus 2017 option
* re-signed by St. Louis as a free agent 1/10
* 10-16: $17M annually, 17:$17M club option ($1M buyout)
* club must exercise or decline option within 5 days of end of 2016 World Series
* 2017 option guaranteed with top 10 finish in 2016 MVP vote
* $2M annually deferred without interest, to be paid from 2020 to 2029 in annual installments of $1.4M or $1.6M, depending on whether the option vests or is exercised (present value of $113,580,723 per MLBPA)
* full no-trade clause
* award bonuses: $0.2M for MVP ($0.1M for 2nd in vote, $50,000 for 3rd); $0.15M for WS MVP; $0.1M for NLCS MVP; $50,000 each for NLDS MVP, All Star election, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger; $25,000 for All Star selection
* perks: suite on road
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They are easy to compare age wise because Howard is only a few months older.
I don't have the exact details of Howard's contract but he's averaging $25 million for the years 2012-2016. Holliday get $17 million a year for those years. And the buyout for the last year for the Cards is $1 million whereas the Phillies have to pay Howard $10 million.
I think Holliday's contract is safer. $8 million less a year, less chance of a decline in production compared to Howard IMO, he's an OF not a 1B and the buyout is way better.
Javier:
--- Quote from: S P I C E on April 26, 2010, 03:43:11 PM ---
--- Quote from: Javier on April 26, 2010, 03:01:19 PM ---Might be worse than what the Astros are dealing with Carlos Lee right now.
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If you guys think this is a terrible deal then Im curious to hear what you thought about the Matt Holliday deal lol. Compared to that deal this contract is a steal for the Phillies.
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It's going to be terrible for the last years of the contract. The thing is was it necessary? There is nothing wrong with huge ass deals that are short 3-5 years. The team is saying that they think he'll be doing this good 5-7 years from now. Why couldn't they do a 2-4 year extension? Holliday won't have a huge drop off in numbers, he's an athletic OF that will of course decrease as he reaches the end of his contract but he isn't in any danger of exploding downward like Power 1B do.
Twentytwofifty:
It's crazy too that this kinda contract isn't even going to the best player on the team...or even the second best player.
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