Hardly seems possible for a pitcher to throw seven shutout innings of 2-hit ball and look shaky, but Ubaldo Jimenez somehow managed it.
Bonds signed 7/$43M IIRC.
Cool, then his contract was worth it to the Giants.
The richest deal in baseball history at the time, incidentally. How quaint that seems now.
Man, I almost forgot about the Jayson Werth deal. What on earth were they thinking?
Seems like a short list of successful long contracts:
Criteria 7+ years and worked for the team that made the contract:
Successes and possible successes:
David Winfield: Yankees
Derek Jeter: Yankees
Mike Mussina: Yankees
Barry Bonds: Giants
Miguel Cabrera: Tigers (probably)
Any others?
A-Rod was a fail for the Rangers and it was their contract.
Here is a list of long sports contracts: Most are baseball
Player_____________Team______________Years_________________Value_________Average/Year
Adrián González______Boston Red Sox______07 years (2012-2018)$154,000,000____$22,000,000
Prince Fielder________Detroit Tigers________09 years (2012-2020)$214,000,000____$23,777,777
Joey Votto__________Cincinnati Reds_______10 years (2014-2023)$225,000,000____$22,500,000
Alex Rodriguez______Texas Rangers*_______10 years (2001-2010)$252,000,000____$25,200,000
Carl Crawford_______Boston Red Sox_______07 years (2011-2017)$142,000,000____$20,285,714
Alfonso Soriano_____Chicago Cubs_________08 years (2007-2014)$136,000,000____$17,000,000
Todd Helton________Colorado Rockies_____11 years (2001-2011)$151,500,000$13,772,727
Miguel Cabrera______Detroit Tigers________08 years (2008-2015)$152,300,000__$19,037,500
Vernon Wells_______Toronto Blue Jays*07 years (2008-2014)$126,000,000__$18,000,000
Barry Zito__________SF Giants___________07 years (2007-2013)$126,000,000$18,000,000
Manny Ramírez_____Boston Red Sox*08 years (2001-2008)$160,000,000_____$20,000,000
Troy Tulowitzki_____Colorado Rockies____10 years (2011-2020)$157,750,000$15,775,000
Mark Teixeira_______NY Yankees_______08 years (2009-2016)$180,000,000$22,500,000
CC Sabathia________NY Yankees________07 years (2009-2015)$161,000,000_$23,000,000
Alex Rodriguez_____NY Yankees________10 years (2008-2017)$275,000,000$27,500,000
Albert Pujols________LA Angels________10 years (2012-2021)$240,000,000$24,000,000
Joe Mauer__________Minnesota Twins___08 years (2011-2018)$184,000,000$23,000,000
Derek Jeter_________NY Yankees_______10 years (2001-2010)$189,000,000$18,900,000
Matt Holliday_______St. Louis Cardinals__07 years (2010-2016)$120,000,000____$17,142,857
Carlos Beltrán______NY Mets*__________07 years (2005-2011)$119,000,000____$17,000,000
Jason Giambi_______NY Yankees*07 years (2002-2008)$120,000,000____$17,142,857
Jayson Werth_______Washington Nats____07 years (2011-2017)$126,000,000$18,000,000
Mike Hampton_____Colorado Rockies*08 years (2001-2008)$121,000,000___$15,125,000
Kevin BrownR_____LA Dodgers*07 years (1999-2005)$105,000,000___$15,000,000
Ken Griffey, Jr.Cincinnati Reds*09 years (2000-2008)$116,500,000_$12,944,444
Albert Pujols______St. Louis Cardinals___07 years (2004-2010)__$100,000,000$14,285,714
Looking at your list, and just off the top of my head, it’s hard to argue that the Pujols contract wasn’t a good deal for the Cardinals. The same with the Helton and Ramirez contracts for Colorado and Boston respectively.
Griffey wasn’t a good deal, and Hampton was pretty terrible for the Rockies. Giambi wasn’t exactly a bulls-eye either. Most of the rest of them are still going on, so it’s a bit premature to tell.
I’d count the Pujols St. Louis contract and Manny’s Boston deal as definite successes. Helton’s too. A-Rods Texas contract certainly wasn’t a fail in terms of production.
I think it’s safe to say that the Soriano, Hampton, Brown and Wells deals were awful, and the Giambi, Zito, Beltran and Griffey deals borderline.
Pujols has (finally) left the building. A two-run shot too. Just a blip in a bad season or the beginning of a monster May?
Ugggggh. Another hard-luck no-decision for Matt Cain. Puke.
Joe
Good for Pujols, and I agree that his Card’s deal was excellent for the Cards.
Phil Hughes finally pitched a good game today for the Yanks. And the Yanks bats were lively. Hopefully Hughes can follow this up.
Guess which team, as of this posting, has the best record in Major League Baseball?
That’s right: the Baltimore Orioles!
19-9 with a bullet, baby!
Just completed a sweep of the Red Sox at Fenway (how sweet is that!), although today’s 17-inning marathon means that the Birds start their home stand against the Rangers tomorrow with a somewhat overworked bullpen.
Baltimore and Boston played 39 innings over their three games this weekend.
BTW, the winning pitcher for Baltimore today was 1B Chris Davis, who pitched two innings, giving up two hits, a walk, and no runs.
He now has a 1-0 pitching record to go with his .326/.371/.573 batting line.
Yeah, good for Pujols. As a Cardinals fan who was disappointed to see him go, I don’t really bear him any ill will, and I hope he has success in LA (just as long as it’s not enough to overshadow his St. Louis years). His best years may be behind him, but I expect him to be, at least, an above-average player for at least a few more years.
You might also have mentioned his striking out in his first 5 AB’s today, then a GIDP in his 6th. Then I had to turn the radio off.
Davis was the DH today. Darnell McDonald, who became Boston’s DH after PR’ing for Ortiz, was the losing pitcher. Both DH’s had to come in and pitch when both bullpens were emptied. Probably not an MLB first for that, though.
As a Nationals fan I am obviously thrilled with this team. I am confused by Harper though. I have followed his progress closely and there were persistent whispers that he had terrific ability, but an enormous ego and arrogance issue. I remember one scout saying he was “a horrible person” and a potential train wreck.
Now he is here and I see nothing of that. He plays with the focus and passion of Pete Rose and is great in interviews. His approach at the plate doesn’t speak to an arrogant teenager, he is ultra patient and takes what the pitcher gives him. I wonder if he has just matured quickly or if the anonymous naysayers were just venting sour grapes.
Yeah, come to think of it, you’re right.
Those were the most important things to mention about this particular game. Sorry i neglected them.
fruitbat-Harper got plunked in the 1st. went to 1B w/o incident, came around to score.
Stole home to boot. I love this guy.
He’s growing up is all. He used to do things like taunt pitchers while rounding the bases after a home run. But he seems to have left that behind in hi-a.
Well, obviously the big news is the pitching-two-innings-for-the-win, and you don’t have to be an Orioles fan to appreciate that. (For the record, I don’t care one way or the other about the O’s, but I’d always root for them to beat Boston or the Yankees.)
All the same, striking out five times in a row and hitting into a double play the sixth time up makes the victory even sweeter for the guy and for the team, don’t you think?? Besides, I doubt I’ve ever been in the park when someone struck out 5 times in a row–not sure I’ve even seen someone go 4 for 4 in the K department. So that’s a pretty noteworthy achievement on its own.
\Just one of the many ways in which baseball can be truly bizarre.