My bad. sorry. going off the top of my head. ARod cannot void without a trade though. He has a buyout in 2017 or 18 though. And it is huge.A-Rod will be making 20 million in 2017, not 28.7.
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My bad. sorry. going off the top of my head. ARod cannot void without a trade though. He has a buyout in 2017 or 18 though. And it is huge.A-Rod will be making 20 million in 2017, not 28.7.
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Uh, no, that's not correct. Before free agency, very few players had anything more than a 1-year contract. The standard player contract had a reserve clause that effectively allowed the team to renew it each year, but it didn't in any way shape or form bind the team to the player past the current year. Also, the reserve clause didn't always exist; IIRC it was introduced around 1880. but it didn't become a standard part of all player contracts until somewhere around 1890-1892.Originally Posted by grasshopper
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...And Damon will play where exactly?
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George Brett is still getting paid by the Royals as part of his lifetime contract.
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Oh yeah, he really stuck out like a sore thumb back then. Doesn't make his views right of course, but it's not like he was alone.
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His previous deal had an opt-out option for A-Rod built in. The current deal does not.
That's why he won't decide to retire before then.
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