has *_be_* rolling? I'm shocked and horrified by pronunciation Nazis Most especially because I was certain I would be the only one who noticed/commented on this
what about me im i worth attleas 10 dollars a year could a mlb owner just buy me 10 dollars worth of juice and i will show up for pratice and play if they want me to in games
the Danks extension is *still* the 3rd-largest contract given out in White Sox history. It's Benintendi's 5/75M, Moncada's 5/70M, then Danks. Imagine what that team could do with a real owner.
I started following baseball in 2007. Willis’s coming down with Steve Blass disease is the first time I became aware of how quickly pitchers can disappear.
I think Willis's problem was just that he was unable to repeat his high-leg kick delivery as he aged. As he progressed in his career, the kick became much less exaggerated.
Dennis Martínez...we still love El Presidente in Baltimore but yeah he was a big part of the team's collapse in the mid 80s despite "on paper" rosters that were amazing. Scott McGregor's arm blowing up was really bad too.
What's worse about that Bailey contract was that they had a choice going into the 2013 offseason... extend Homer or extend Johnny Cueto. They extended Homer and then watched Cueto win 20 games in 2014, lead the NL in Ks, and finish 2nd in Cy Young voting, ensuring there was no chance Cueto wasn't leaving in free agency after 2015. So, the Reds had no leverage in subsequent trade talks and the only thing they got back from that deal was... watching Johnny Cueto win a World Series for another team. The Reds are just now recovering from that Bailey extension.
And Cueto was also coming off a fourth place finish in Cy Young voting in 2012. Only defense I can give is maybe Cincy got scared of potential injury issues down the road after losing him in the NLDS, but clearly that didn't hurt him long term.
These videos you do on contracts are so fascinating. You always go the distance to get the math correct. You give us a visual number to see how bad/great a contract is. A little over month till opening day!
Preston Wilson did pretty well in those 58 more games with the Cardinals. He even got himself a ring like his pops did 20 years prior. Maybe he got paid too much, but oh well. For the 2006 Cardinals though, he was priceless. Provided solid offense and defense off the bench with some decent starts as well. You can knock the contract but not the player bro!
I'm a Yankees fan and I'll never forget when I saw the ESPN headline about the Hicks' extension. I yelled out in the office, "NO!! WHY!? What are we doing!?". My boss came over and thought something was wrong and then just started busting out laughing. That was an incredibly stupid decision by Brian Cashman.
matt kemp was still very productive offensively through most of this contract if the dh had been a thing in nl early in this deal his value would look significantly different
Such a great video, love it. Just a FYI, the LA Angels got rid of the "of Anaheim" in 2015. Just thought you should know since it's been basically a decade. Don't want to get a big league name wrong after 9 years and all.
@lnodlt173 it is dumb, but it's like saying SoFi Stadium isn't in LA. It's in Inglewood. Inglewood is 19 miles away from LA. Anaheim is 25 miles away. It's the LA area, that's just how it works. You don't get Anaheim news, you get LA news.
@lnodlt173 maybe it should be the Inglewood Rams and the Inglewood Chargers. Or maybe the New York Giants and Jets should be the New Jersey Giants and Jets
As a Yankees fan, i never understood why they gave hicks that extension, he showed flashes of being a great player, but not enough for a 7 year deal 🤦♂️I'm so glad they got rid of him
Admittedly, I am one of those Yankees fans who may have (unfairly??) developed an intense distaste for Aaron Hicks. But, saying that his 2022 was slightly below average seems kinda generous. There! Bitterness unleashed Another killer video from BND!!
Most Reds fans knew that the Homer Bailey deal was awful. I realize what that Reddit thread said, but we knew. Bob Castellini saw 2 no-hitters and threw money at him.
man poor Rickie weeks loved the guy as a brewer fan he worked hard as hell just couldn't put it all together still had a relatively fruitful career did some good and some bad stuff.
Ricky Romero must have just missed the cut $28m contract but he forgot how to pitch after signing it. Hitters started laying off his curve and his circle change, both of which he had a hard time throwing in the zone, and his fastball wasn't good enough to get a lot of swing and miss.
Ron davis was my club coach for a couple years and that man is the single most hilarious person on the planet. He also saved a dozen people in a burning apartment during his playing days which you would never guess if you knew him. Too bad ike’s career was cut short by valley fever his son was great for a few years.
Bobby Bonilla may not make the list based on your criteria, but his deals with the Mets and Orioles, where his salary was deferred and he was getting paid over a mil per year after he retired. His Mets deferment was meant to go until 2035, though I'm not sure if it's still in effect.
You're mixing up deals. Bonilla signed a free agent deal with the Mets and was traded to the Orioles partway through that, but none of that contract was deferred. He then signed a free agent deal with the Marlins, was traded to the Mets, and the Mets deferred the last year of THAT deal.
@@BaseballsNotDead Well, I just oversimplified. Here's the Mets' deferment "After his subpar 1999 season, the Mets released Bonilla, but still owed him $5.9 million. Bonilla and his agent offered the Mets a deal: Bonilla would defer payment for a decade, and the Mets would pay him an annual paycheck of just over $1.19 million on July 1, starting in 2011 and ending in 2035, adding up to a total payout of $29.8 million". And then the thing with the Orioles "Bonilla also has a second deferred-contract plan with the Mets and Baltimore Orioles that was initiated in 2004 and pays him $500,000 a year for 25 years" You're right, I didnt nail down the deets, but I think it's an interesting situation that should slide in to one of these videos, if it already hasnt.
Every time i see Bautista throwing the bat down in your opener. I think about the look on his face when he ran up on the pitcher and got punched in the face.
I have heard stories about concussions and how some can have many and still function and some can have one or two and it's like they have to relearn how to be themselves
You should do a video similar to your one ranking baseball movies on one called the hill Ok, movie baseball scenes are pretty decent, but I think it would be fun watching you tear it to shreds.
I'm surprised about this list. I had no idea about the size of overpayment on Lansing & Bailey. Especially from 2 organizations that are usually trade deadline sellers. I'm surprised Alex Rodriguez's re-up with NYY didn't slot in here. Given his 2nd 10-year-deal [after the opt-out] was basically financially trash after year 6. Two subpar seasons sandwiched around the year-long suspension and released with a year left. How much of that $300 million was wasted $$$... I also take the Aaron Hicks contract as documentation that the Yankees learned absolutely nothing from the Jacoby Ellsbury contract. Paying someone big $$$ for 5+ years because of 1 above-average full season.
That movie portrays it as some dumpster fire of a team they’re working with. Honestly it kinda ruins it for me. I get it’s about the analytics but pitching analytics exists too
You ask how a pitcher could be better in their later years, well recovering from alcohol is 1 but anther huge reason is they realize they have no control when trying to throw to hard. Look at Greg Maddux, early in his career he was throwing in the low 90's hitting mid sometimes. What happened was he couldn't control where they went and when you get behind in the count, as a pitcher you have to toss it dead center and watch it fly. He learned to stop listening to the Cubs and worry more about control. He pitched in Venezuela for an off season working on just that, stop trying to throw hard and look where he wound up. There are plenty of pitchers who wound up doing the same but not the same results but still had really good careers. Even today a team will pay a pitcher who simply throws hard more money than a control guy believing they can teach him control. Same goes for batters, the power hitters get more money than contact hitters who strike out much less and drive in those late inning runs while the power guys are striking out trying to hit the HR every at-bat. Who do I want up in the bottom of the 9th with the winning run on 2nd, Edgar Martinez or Frank Thomas? Edgar every single game and he come thru at least twice as much as Thomas.
How do you buy out "two free agent years"? Arent you a free agent after a year finishes, then you sign another contract....wouldnt that be one year? Hoping someone can explain?
It wasn't, but it wouldn't be close to this list regardless. His first free agent contract with the Mets actually fared OK. It was his second free agent contract with the Marlins where he was eventually traded to the Mets where the last year was deferred. Even with the deferrals, it's nowhere even close to as bad as people make it out to be. All of his deferrals combined is similar to what Stephen Strasburg will make just next year. Accounting for baseball revenue inflation, the deferral might have actually saved the Mets money versus just paying the $5.9 million in 1999. Plus it freed up that $5.9 million so they could acquire Mike Hampton, who was instrumental in the Mets making the 2000 World Series. I even have in the back of my mind to do a video in the future titled "Bobby Bonilla's Deferred Contract was Not That Bad." If you want to look at a bad deferred contract, Bruce Sutter's with the Braves was objectively WAY worse.
