Usually on Fridays we like to look back at a player from the Phillies past, but I'm going to mix it up today. The offseason is flooded with talk about contracts, agents, arbitration, negotiations, "money grubbing whores," etc. Basically, baseball takes a back seat to business. So, I thought it would be interesting to look back at some memorable contracts in Phillies history.Pete Rose - 1979 - 4 years, $3.2 million
Lance Parrish - 1988 - 1 year, $1 millionJuan Samuel - 1989 - 2 years, $2.8 million
Steve Bedrosian - 1989 - 3 years, $4.35 million
John Kruk - 1992 - 3 years, $7.2 million
Darren Daulton - 1994 - 4 years, $18.5 millionGregg Jefferies - 1995 - 4 years, $20 million
Lenny Dykstra - 1995 - 4 years, $24.9 million
Mark Portugal - 1997 - 2 years, $5 million
Danny Tartabull - 1997 - 1 year, $2 millionCurt Schilling - 1998 - 3 years, $15.45 million
Scott Rolen - 2002 - 1 year, $8.6 million
Robert Person - 2002 - 1 year, $6.25 million
David Bell - 2003 - 4 years, $17 millionJim Thome - 2003 - 6 years, $85 million
Tom Gordon - 2006 - 3 years, $18 million
And finally, Steve Jeltz's salary for the 1986 season - $70,000...Corey
7 comments:
Yeah Steve Bedrosian. Armenian REPRESENT!
Looking back on that Curt Schilling deal in '98 and to think it was "huge" at the time makes me laugh. Salaries have sky-rocketed in the past decade, it's crazy.
Gregg Jefferies.. that makes me wanna throw up. I remember when his Donruss rookie card was worth more than the value of his MLB career.
Oh yes, Bedrock is all about representin'. No doubt. Holla atcha Armenian!
Remember when Bedrock won the Cy Young?
Gregg Jefferies had two "F's" in his name, 'nuff said.
My oh my the value of a million dollars.... it seems like hyper inflation really.
What do these guys do with all of this money? The average family guy can't even afford to go to 5 games a year bringing his family of 4 with food, parking, tickets and the rest.
There will be a day when this all crashes just like the banks did. There's no logic to paying all these millions of dollars to even the 'average joe' player anymore.
Rich, I think the same as you. BB will crash one day, and either it will fold or players who are really good will have to try to live on a $5mil a year salary. I don't know if they can do it. I have a hard time with my $50,000 a year.
Post a Comment