Holy mother of god!!!!!

[damientheomen3]

LOOK AT THIS CONTRACT!!!!! The AI gave this to the guy after being locked in a bidding war for sure, since he only demanded 24 mil per at the start of FA. I never took part in the bidding war but JEEZ!!!! This trumps any other OOTP contract I've seen in per year value by about $9 million...

[CD1083]

That's not even considering what that would be in 2010...

6 years contract for 2,951,268,000 - 491,878,000 a year

[damientheomen3]

Originally Posted by Chase Davis

That's not even considering what that would be in 2010...

6 years contract for 2,951,268,000 - 491,878,000 a year

haha I'm too lazy to change financials so I just left it modern

[BMW]

How good is that guy? I've never seen a contract that big, so you've piqued my interest.

[damientheomen3]

Originally Posted by BMW

How good is that guy? I've never seen a contract that big, so you've piqued my interest.

Well, 22-6 with a 2.55 ERA in an offense-happy league would have him pretty good, I'd say.

He's a 7/8/10 on the 1-10 scale, with 10 stamina, with 5 pitches being good or better, and the text says he's a team leader. I actually was offered him in a deal about 5 days before the deadline by his old team, but I figured his likely high demand for a contract would be too much, and I couldn't get them to lower their demand, so it fell through.

[JDevil]

I saw a contract over 40 mill for Jose Reyes in about 2014.

[dmarco82]

I like the fact that the Pitcher Award Bonus is worth 2.8% of the average annual value and 0.46% of the total contract! That'll make him strive to achieve that incentive!

[CharlieHustle6.12]

In later years, he then took that money and opened the Ferrara Pan Candy Company and created the Lemonhead candy.

[JackRules1]

And a switch hitter to boot. This guy does it all.

[Jaxxvain]

Originally Posted by JackRules1

And a switch hitter to boot. This guy does it all.

That actually got me thinking, are their any real life switch hitting pitchers?

I think I remember Don Carmen of the Phillies switch hitting once back in the 90's (?) but only because he was batting something like .038 or something. If I remember correctly he rapped a double down the line.

[zonk84]

Originally Posted by Jaxxvain

That actually got me thinking, are their any real life switch hitting pitchers?

I think I remember Don Carmen of the Phillies switch hitting once back in the 90's (?) but only because he was batting something like .038 or something. If I remember correctly he rapped a double down the line.

Quite a few, actually... The Cubs new 18 million dollar middle reliever switch-hits, for one.

Most pitchers ditch it, though, and stick with the side of the plate that keeps their pitching elbow in the back and protected from HBPs.

[wspahn21]

In my 19th century historical fantasy league, I had a guy ask for 2000 a year and I thought he was nuts when everyone else was making 500-800 a year....

[damientheomen3]

Originally Posted by JackRules1

And a switch hitter to boot. This guy does it all.

Not that it matters, since it's an all DH league. He's also a terrible hitter, so nothing to go on there.

[ramairluvr]

The nickname "Lemonhead" is worth that kind of money just by itself.

[funkadillo]

Sheesh, you'd think if a guy signed a quarter of a billion dollar contract his morale would be better than "good".

[Cryomaniac]

Originally Posted by CharlieHustle6.12

In later years, he then took that money and opened the Ferrara Pan Candy Company and created the Lemonhead candy.

[Cryomaniac]

Originally Posted by Jaxxvain

That actually got me thinking, are their any real life switch hitting pitchers?

Interesting semi-related fact: Pat Venditte (pro-baseballs only current switch pitcher) bats exclusively right handed (ok, he's an AL reliever with 1 career AB, but that isn't the point)