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November 27, 2006

Ex-Rangers Strike Gold

Teams have already guaranteed almost $200 million to five Ranger free agents. The contracts of these five and the unsigned Vicente Padilla should approximate what Texas dropped on Alex Rodriguez before 2001. Numbers in italics are guesstimates on my part.

Player Team
Bonus
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Total
Guaranteed
Cumulative
Incentives
/Options
R. Barajas TOR
-
3.000
3.000
-
-
-
-
6.000
-
M. DeRosa CHC
-
3.750
3.750
5.500
-
-
-
13.000
-
A. Eaton PHI
1.000
6.875
7.635
8.500
0.500
-
-
24.510
8.500
C. Lee HOU
3.000
11.000
12.000
18.500
18.500
18.500
18.500
100.000
-
G. Matthews LAA
-
10.000
10.000
10.000
10.000
10.000
-
50.000
-
ALL -
4.000
34.625
36.385
42.500
29.000
28.500
18.500
193.510
8.500

Even in light of the New Baseball Economy (Nov 2006 - ?), none of these contracts appeals to me.

Posted by Lucas at November 27, 2006 06:52 PM