David Price signs with the Red Sox for $217 million over 7 years

[Buckets]

[Repeat3peat]

lol...for that "price" thank GOD the Cubs said no thanks.

[PhutureDynasty]

Baseball contracts are getting ridiculous.

Will I see a billion dollar contract before I die?

[thedangerouskitchen]

$31 mil a YEAR for some bum who is 2-7 with a 5.12 ERA in the playoffs... ?!?!?!

at Boston.

[Odogg]

$31 mil a YEAR for some bum who is 2-7 with a 5.12 ERA in the playoffs... ?!?!?!

at Boston.

Agreed

[Odogg]

I just hope the fucking Giants don't sign Greinke. I'd be OK with the Cubs getting him.

[rtiff68]

Baseball contracts are getting ridiculous.

Will I see a billion dollar contract before I die?

Probably won't be long. Imagine what Trout will get.

At least a guy like Trout will get paid when he's in his 20's, and there's a chance he will still be a productive player at the end of his deal. Anything over 4-5 years to a pitcher has disaster written all over it, especially when the pitcher in question is on the wrong side of 30.

[Buckets]

Yea the Red Sox way overpaid. Kershaw is 3 years younger and received "less" (only $2 million difference) but still I'd say $25 mill max per year for David Price would be my budget

[rtiff68]

Yea the Red Sox way overpaid. Kershaw is 3 years younger and received "less" (only $2 million difference) but still I'd say $25 mill max per year for David Price would be my budget

The length of the deal is far worse than the annual salary, in my opinion. Considering the current market and Price's performance level, I'd go 30 million annually, I just wouldn't go over 4 years.

[PhutureDynasty]

Here's an interesting question, if all sports had no salary cap and each player signs their contracts the same year who is the highest paid for each sport?

Baseball - I'd assume Trout although I'm sure Abe will argue Mauer

Football - Luck? Watt? Brady? Newton?

Hockey - Likely Crosby or Toews

Basketball - Curry? Durant? LeBron? McConnell?

[kobeunderbite]

People can laugh at Boston but they've acquired a top-flight closer and starter before the winter meetings even started, not a shabby job at upgrading the roster for Dombrowski.

[vcsgrizzfan]

Shit. That's a lot of cheese!!

[rtiff68]

Here's an interesting question, if all sports had no salary cap and each player signs their contracts the same year who is the highest paid for each sport?

Baseball - I'd assume Trout although I'm sure Abe will argue Mauer

Football - Luck? Watt? Brady? Newton?

Hockey - Likely Crosby or Toews

Basketball - Curry? Durant? LeBron? McConnell?

I'm assuming that you're just saying annual value the first year and ignoring the length of the deal, right?

[PhutureDynasty]

Here's an interesting question, if all sports had no salary cap and each player signs their contracts the same year who is the highest paid for each sport?

Baseball - I'd assume Trout although I'm sure Abe will argue Mauer

Football - Luck? Watt? Brady? Newton?

Hockey - Likely Crosby or Toews

Basketball - Curry? Durant? LeBron? McConnell?

I'm assuming that you're just saying annual value the first year and ignoring the length of the deal, right?

Yes.

[rtiff68]

People can laugh at Boston but they've acquired a top-flight closer and starter before the winter meetings even started, not a shabby job at upgrading the roster for Dombrowski.

Here's the thing, though: isn't better to do this type of move when you're 1 player away?

If my Giants landed Greinke on a similar deal, I wouldn't be wild about it because of the back end, but I'd love it in the sense that SF is one starter away from vaunting right back to contender status (IMO), and they'd be in an excellent position for the next 3 years while simultaneously castrating a division rival in the short term as well.

[PhutureDynasty]

How could I forget Anthony Davis?

[Buckets]

How could I forget Anthony Davis?

I was going to say, NBA would probably be Anthony Davis. Football would probably be Luck (Brady usually takes pay cuts to help the team). Baseball would be Trout. Hockey, I have no idea honestly as I don't follow.

I think with no cap, NBA players would be paid the most though since there's only 5 guys on the court and 1 player can really make an impact. The top tier guys (probably cutoff at top 4) such as Durant, Davis, LeBron, and Curry would get at least $30 million. I think the cutoff would be at Harden.

[kobeunderbite]

People can laugh at Boston but they've acquired a top-flight closer and starter before the winter meetings even started, not a shabby job at upgrading the roster for Dombrowski.

Here's the thing, though: isn't better to do this type of move when you're 1 player away?

If my Giants landed Greinke on a similar deal, I wouldn't be wild about it because of the back end, but I'd love it in the sense that SF is one starter away from vaunting right back to contender status (IMO), and they'd be in an excellent position for the next 3 years while simultaneously castrating a division rival in the short term as well.

Well I think that Boston is closer than others may, they had a much better second half and their young studs seem to only be improving, but more so in terms of the one player away argument, I think it's all relative.

If you're a team with limited means, sure it makes sense to save your dollars until you're 'closer'. But for an organization like the Redsox, this is the kind of financial muscle they're capable of flexing, especially now with a different leader/philosophy in place in the front office and the whole frowning upon big contracts thing out the window for them.

To me, they're not that far off, and adding a top-5 closer and top-10 SP goes a long way towards bridging that gap, regardless of whether or not it bridges it all the way.

[rtiff68]

How could I forget Anthony Davis?

I was going to say, NBA would probably be Anthony Davis. Football would probably be Luck (Brady usually takes pay cuts to help the team). Baseball would be Trout. Hockey, I have no idea honestly as I don't follow.

I think with no cap, NBA players would be paid the most though since there's only 5 guys on the court and 1 player can really make an impact. The top tier guys (probably cutoff at top 4) such as Durant, Davis, LeBron, and Curry would get at least $30 million. I think the cutoff would be at Harden.

See, in a situation like this I really think some rogue owner would go ridiculously over the top in order to instantly transform his franchise-- particularly in basketball, where 1 player makes such an enormous difference. Would you really be surprised if Cuban offered LeBron or Curry 50m annually if the league was cap-less? SHit, Dan Gilbert just gave Tristan Thompson 16m a year in a league that IS capped...

[Havlicekstealsit]

A SHIT TON of money, but the Sox's best pitchers Rick Porcello and Wade Miley. Neither of those guys should be the #1 ace of a staff.