The 15 Worst Contracts in Baseball

[The War Report]

Jonah Keri on the worst contracts in MLB - Grantland


Tex is an honorable mention.

 

[Rick Roller 10]

Daric Barton makin 1.1 million this year is the worst.

 

[mozichrome]

read this earlier....

man Tex got 4/90 left...and those numbers just keep dropping

 

[rocksteady]

i didn't see joe mauer on the list.

 

[Tony D'Amato]

Every long $200mil contract should be on there.

 

[sfgiants]

everything the dodgers did last year

zito my he was worth every penny in the cardinal series and game 1 vs detroit

 

[Juven]

His book on the definitive history of the Montreal Expos comes out spring 2014.

 

[the cool]

angels with pujols, vernon wells, and cj wilson

 

[HookersandIceCream]

Dodgers

 

[Bilz]

Daric Barton makin 1.1 million this year is the worst.

He is but the moneyball theories say he's good because he draws walks

 

[HHR]

He is but the moneyball theories say he's good because he draws walks

Yeah, you don't really understand Moneyball

 

[FaTaL]

Jonah Keri on the worst contracts in MLB - Grantland


Tex is an honorable mention.

tex is a guy u hope that he starts juicing

 

[Bilz]

Yeah, you don't really understand Moneyball

Sometimes I really don't. Especially when it involves too much patience with a scrub like Barton.

 

[HHR]

Sometimes I really don't. Especially when it involves too much patience with a scrub like Barton.

Moneyball =/= guys who draw walks

Moneyball was about taking advantage of market inefficiencies. At that time, a lot of baseball undervalued many player's abilities to get on base. That just happens to be one of the 2 Major League quality skills Daric Barton possesses.

But when you can't hit around the OBP your value is obviously extremely limited.

 

[Bilz]

Moneyball =/= guys who draw walks

Moneyball was about taking advantage of market inefficiencies. At that time, a lot of baseball undervalued many player's abilities to get on base. That just happens to be one of the 2 Major League quality skills Daric Barton possesses.

But when you can't hit around the OBP your value is obviously extremely limited.

I'm just not a fan of the guy. There was one year out of about 5 or 6 now where he was good. He has been garbage for the rest and, not that it really matters, he has always seemed like a prick. I'm hoping they'll finally dump him this year.