8 years & $184M plus full no-trade clause.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5016230
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8 years & $184M plus full no-trade clause.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5016230
the last sentence is what concerns me. Minn. new park had better yield some nice coin.
Only thing I wouldn't have done would be the full no-trade clause, although now that I think about it, it's pretty irrelevant after 2013 or so since Mauer will have 10 and 5 rights anyway
I was only two minutes behind HGM :(Quote:
Originally Posted by etothep
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Originally Posted by Jeffy25
Boy that's an awful lot of money............this deal could look awfully bad in 5-6 years....but, the payoff in the first 5 years of the contract if the Twins can continue capitalizing on a weak division and perhaps find a way to make a WS run.
I want to see how it is prorated out... is it frontloaded like A-Rod's or backload it to cripple them in 6 years
It's $23 million per year.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheNamelessPoet
so it'll hurt them throughout the duration (more than 1/3rd of their overall salary avg. over the past decade), not just the last few years on a backloaded deal :p;)Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
23M on a ~100M payroll doesn't hurt them. A front loaded deal makes the most sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by dickay
1/4 their salary, which is i believe slightly under 100 mil and far and away the highest they've had over the last decade, which has avg. around 60 mil. Way to take this one year as the norm. Now, we can all guesstimate that the new stadium will bring in the revenue necessary to maintain a 100mil+ payroll, but those would all be guesses.Quote:
Originally Posted by 200tang
It's not unheard of for a team to expand their payroll. All indications point to them..uh..expanding their payroll.Quote:
Originally Posted by dickay
They'll be able to maintain that 100M for at least the next few years. They've said so....Quote:
Originally Posted by dickay
From a comment on BTF:
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They've sold 2.4M tickets so far, which is equal to last year's paid attendance. Then they announced the signing. There are only single seat tickets left except for August and September games.
A response to it:Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
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I've heard the Twins have sold over 2 million tickets, but the last part just isn't true. You can go online right now at get 8 seats together right behind the plate for the majority of the games. I bought a pair online for Saturday's exhibition game last night. Outside of Opening Day tickets--which have doubled in price on the secondary market in the last week--and a handful of other games, tickets are still readily available at fair prices.
That said, I couldn't be happier about 8 more years of Baby Jesus.
so how long will he remain as a catcher?
he will actually convert to pitcher mid-season this year, meaning the Twins will not need a DH. Mauer will pitcher every day that has an S in it.
Monday is Baker, and Friday is Blackburn. Slowey goes to the bullpen.
at least 5 years by pretty much every analysts opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by acetoolguy
Probably until Drew Butera is ready to take over the position.Quote:
Originally Posted by acetoolguy
This signing does make Wilson Ramos one of the most valuable trade chips in the game.
they r not breaking it down... just a flat 23 per year... seems dumb... should be higher this year and next if u ask me.... (which smartly Minny did not)Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
If Baseball Mogul doesn't break it down, then neither should the Minnesota Twins!Quote:
Originally Posted by TheNamelessPoet
I too doubt it's just a flat 23M per. We'll just have to wait.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheNamelessPoet
thats what I meant... smart a$$ ^HGM^ took my prorated comment LITERALY and did the math.Quote:
Originally Posted by 200tang
I just posted what Cot's Baseball Contracts site says.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheNamelessPoet
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Joe Mauer c
4 years/$33M (2007-10)
8 years/$184M (2011-18)
8 years/$184M (2011-18)
signed extension with Minnesota 3/22/10 (largest-ever deal for a catcher and fourth-largest contract in history at signing)
11-18: $23 million annually
full no-trade protection
it would be nearly uncharted waters if they did front load his deal. I reviewed this a month or so in Mauer discussions and I think I found only AROD who has had a frontloaded big dollar contract in the past 10+ years. Maybe there was another, but you can count on one hand how many.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheNamelessPoet
Not saying it didn't happen here as this contract is pretty unprecedented too...but don't bet on it.
Id be really surprised thats all.Quote:
Originally Posted by dickay
23 mill for a catcher at the end of his tenure is scary... Plus I assume they feel there will be a big boost this year and next with the new stadium... why not have an extra 5-6 million tacked on to this year when the $$$ is rolling in (in theory of course)
I'm sure that someone in the Twins organization has the financial acumen to save money for future salaries if they are worried about it. Frontloading or backloading the contract would be about making Mauer happy - it should have essentially no effect on a company with the resources of a major league baseball team (even a poorly managed one).Quote:
Originally Posted by TheNamelessPoet
Such a link thief.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
WutQuote:
Originally Posted by 200tang
:mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
.... :confused:
The Bizkit Overlord has officially been called out
I'm starting to think he's not the real Bizkit Overlord.
I did not thieve a link, you fool.
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Originally Posted by HoustonGM
Heh, just googled Bizkit Overlord
http://www.sportsmogul.com/vbulletin...d.php?t=201568Quote:
Originally Posted by SirKodiak
>_>
More like The Bizkit Underlord...am i right?