Soriano contract breakdown

[Hawk4Hall]

Soriano will receive $18 million in 2014, when he turns 39 years of age.

 

Nice one Hendry.

[Guest]

Well, after next year it appears we'll have plenty of payroll flexibility.

 

 

The only true albatrosses as I see it are Soriano and Bradley (Soriano, particularly of course). Is there anything that can be done besides hoping they turn it around? Maybe some AL team would take Bradley as a DH. How about Milton in Fenway? Almost as bad idea jeans as Milton in Wrigley.

 

How is Bradley's contract ($9M and $12M the next two years) an albatross but Z's ($17.875M, $17.875M and $18M) and Dempster's ($12.5M, $13.5M and a $14M player option) contracts?

 

I think he's assuming that this year's production so far will continue. Z and Dempster won't be albatrosses if that happens because they're both above average starting pitchers (with Z well above). They could possibly slightly overpaid, but not albatrosses.

 

Bradley has both not been worth his contract and not even worth playing time so far this year. Using Fangraphs's worth estimator in dollars, Z has already been worth 7.7 million this year with his play so far, Dempster 6.2 million, and Bradley has been worth negative 1.8 million.

 

I'm not one who happens to believe that Bradley's struggles will continue over the entire contract unless his injuries get a lot worse though, but if they did (or his injuries kept him out most of the season one of the next two years) his contract could be an albatross while the other two contracts are not likely to be.

 

That makes sense.

 

I think pretty much everyone is in agreement that Soriano's contract will be ugly the last couple years of his deal (and maybe more) but, like you, I don't think Bradley will continue to produce at the low level he's at right now.

[biittner77]

If memory serves, Alou had a pretty craptacular season the year that he signed but then was a lot better the following season. It sounds like a lame excuse but maybe there is something to the idea that certain players have trouble adjusting to day games.

[DiamondMind]

Soriano will receive $18 million in 2014, when he turns 39 years of age.

 

Nice one Hendry.

 

So just to confirm, this was your opinion when we originally signed him and won back to back division titles right?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Soriano will receive $18 million in 2014, when he turns 39 years of age.

 

Nice one Hendry.

 

So just to confirm, this was your opinion when we originally signed him and won back to back division titles right?

 

I don't know about him, but there were a lot of us not thrilled with that signing.

[CyHawk_Cub]

Soriano will receive $18 million in 2014, when he turns 39 years of age.

 

Nice one Hendry.

 

So just to confirm, this was your opinion when we originally signed him and won back to back division titles right?

 

I don't know about him, but there were a lot of us not thrilled with that signing.

 

Exactly, there's really not a lot of creative revisionism going on when it comes to Soriano's contract.

[rocket]

If memory serves, Alou had a pretty craptacular season the year that he signed but then was a lot better the following season. It sounds like a lame excuse but maybe there is something to the idea that certain players have trouble adjusting to day games.

 

soriano had 2 above average years for him the past 2 seasons though. that doesn't make sense.

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Soriano will receive $18 million in 2014, when he turns 39 years of age.

 

Nice one Hendry.

 

So just to confirm, this was your opinion when we originally signed him and won back to back division titles right?

 

Probably, yeah. Even when he was going good it was an awful contract and one most of us would have chosen to unload if possible.

Btw, we would have easily won the second division title without him.

[biittner77]

If memory serves, Alou had a pretty craptacular season the year that he signed but then was a lot better the following season. It sounds like a lame excuse but maybe there is something to the idea that certain players have trouble adjusting to day games.

 

soriano had 2 above average years for him the past 2 seasons though. that doesn't make sense.

 

Sorry, I was talking about Bradley. Soriano is hiding an injury or downplaying the one he already has.