Happy Bonilla Day, brehs

[Michael's Black Son]

It’s that time again, July 1, where we commemorate one of the greatest licks in the history of sports contracts.

Shout out to the Wilpons for continuing to hold up their end of being one of the all time trash team owners.

Sell the fukking team to JLo already.

Bobby Bonilla and his agent are absolute geniuses. May he enjoy this day that he worked so hard for despite last playing in 2001.

Kids, do not sleep on that baseball money.

 

[FreshAIG]

My favorite player until Pujols came along.

 

[King Poetic]

Him and Bonds was the first 2 players I really enjoyed watching when I got into baseball

 

[tremonthustler1]

15 more years left

 

[AnonymityX1000]

This is a common practice in baseball. The Mets don't have the longest or highest pay rate in regards to a deferred contract.

Bobby Bonilla Day: The 15 Biggest Deferred Payment Contracts in MLB History | Betsology

 

[gangreen]

greatest finnesse in sports history

 

[Remote]

Compound interest, brehs

 

[tremonthustler1]

This is a common practice in baseball. The Mets don't have the longest or highest pay rate in regards to a deferred contract.

Bobby Bonilla Day: The 15 Biggest Deferred Payment Contracts in MLB History | Betsology

The difference is that most of the deals have that agreement when they initially sign.


Mets out here paying guys into their 60’s. Paying Saberhagen til he’s 64

 

[King Poetic]

Another winner is Prince Fielder Jr


Neck injuries forced Prince Fielder to join the ranks of retired athletes still getting paid in 2016, and he’s going to be well-paid into retirement. He had $106 million remaining on his contract when he left the game. He’s supposed to earn $24 million a year through 2020, according to CNN. Insurance covers some of what the Rangers’ owe, but it’s likely they’ll spread the money over several years as a form of financial relief. The amount Fielder had left on his contract when he retired was more than his dad, Cecil Fielder, made during his entire career.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

The difference is that most of the deals have that agreement when they initially sign.


Mets out here paying guys into their 60’s. Paying Saberhagen til he’s 64

Most not all and who cares? Deferred money is deferred money, we care when they mutually agreed to it?
The Braves are paying Bruce Sutter until he is 69. Same intensity please.

 

[King Poetic]

Ken Griffey Jr. did the Cincinnati Reds a favor when he signed in 2000. He took less money to play for his hometown team and chose to defer some of his money. What does it all mean? Griffey gets $3.6 million each year through 2024, which is one of the bigger paydays for the retired athletes on our list.

 

[Sauce Dab]

Didn’t somebody on the brewers sign a long time deal like this kinda recently? Instead of getting everything up front he stretched the contract out

 

[tremonthustler1]

Most not all and who cares? Deferred money is deferred money, we care when they mutually agreed to it?
The Braves are paying Bruce Sutter until he is 69. Same intensity please.

His deferrals end in 2022. As awful as that deal is, at least the end is near on that one.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

His deferrals end in 2022. As awful as that deal is, at least the end is near on that one.

But they were for a longer period of time than Bonilla and started way back in 1993. You would think these yearly articles about deferred money would be about the oldest active and longest deferment periods given to Sutter but somehow it's about Bobby Bonilla.

 

[tremonthustler1]

But they were for a longer period of time than Bonilla and started way back in 1993. You would think these yearly articles about deferred money would be about the oldest active and longest deferment periods given to Sutter but somehow it's about Bobby Bonilla.

1. That was agreed upon in the contract.
2. This is the part you’re gonna hate: when you’re a good team, moves like this won’t be magnified. The Mets weren’t a good team and Bonilla was viewed as the face of The Worst Team Money Could Buy.
3. The Bonilla deferment is linked indirectly to the worst Ponzi scheme EVER. If the Mets had just paid him $5.9 mil in 2000, Bobby Bonilla day doesn’t exist. That’s why it’s viewed as a finesse compared to everyone else.



Bonilla also gets half a mil from the Orioles until 2029 and has been since ‘04. Bonilla is a financial legend.