Levine: Cubs sign Jason Motte

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Contract details:

 

Jon Heyman

@JonHeymanCBS

jason motte: $4.5M base. 250K for 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 gf. 250K 60 games, 65 games. $2.5M bonus max #cubs

 

If I'm understanding this right, 250k for each game finished between 50 and 59.

 

Then 250k for pitching in 50 games, and another 250k for pitching in 65 games, but the most his bonus can be is $2.5m

 

Did we make him any kind of promises about finishing games? Did we just spend money on a Proven Closer?

 

I would guess the gf in that tweet means games finished - meaning he gets a $250K bonus for every game he finishes from 50-59 and then for 60 and 65.

 

I got that. I was wondering if we made him a promise about getting a chance to close games.

[dew1679666265]

I got that. I was wondering if we made him a promise about getting a chance to close games.

 

Ah, ok.

[imb]

Literally whatever the worst case scenario is. We promised him he could hit cleanup too, you [expletive] idiot

[UMFan83]

Contract details:

 

Jon Heyman

@JonHeymanCBS

jason motte: $4.5M base. 250K for 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 gf. 250K 60 games, 65 games. $2.5M bonus max #cubs

 

If I'm understanding this right, 250k for each game finished between 50 and 59.

 

Then 250k for pitching in 50 games, and another 250k for pitching in 65 games, but the most his bonus can be is $2.5m

 

Did we make him any kind of promises about finishing games? Did we just spend money on a Proven Closer?

 

I would guess the gf in that tweet means games finished - meaning he gets a $250K bonus for every game he finishes from 50-59 and then for 60 and 65.

 

I am guessing the 60 and 65 is appearances not games finished because the max bonus is 2.5m. 250k x 10 (50-59 GF) = 2.5m meaning the 60 and 65 GF would be unattainable

[TruffleShuffle]

we promised him that he could drunk drive around the players' parking lot until he mows down all of our most promising young players.

[Careless]

It still feels bad that my 1st initial reaction was to assume that if he does good until the ASB that they could flip him for prospects as the primary reason of signing him, I hope this will soon go away.

 

I don't see the Cubs as a legit contender so I'll stick with that premise. I'm hoping they control his usage and maximize productivity (no 3 days in a row etc.) to get the most out of him come the July deadline.

Get well soon.

[Tyrant]

we promised him we would have another top 10 draft pick in 2016, otherwise he wouldn't have signed.

[dew1679666265]

I am guessing the 60 and 65 is appearances not games finished because the max bonus is 2.5m. 250k x 10 (50-59 GF) = 2.5m meaning the 60 and 65 GF would be unattainable

 

Good point.