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Title: Q Signs
Post by: VirtualBob on January 20, 2009, 06:23:46 am
Quintero avoids arb; signs for $610K per Yahoo Sports
Title: Re: Q Signs
Post by: GreatBagwellsBeard on January 20, 2009, 12:27:34 pm
Backe, too, per the Chron (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/sports/6220818.html): 1 yr, $1.55m, with another million in incentives.  Not getting tasered for 8 months is worth $150k.
Title: Re: Q Signs
Post by: Lurch on January 20, 2009, 12:47:46 pm
Backe, too, per the Chron (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/sports/6220818.html): 1 yr, $1.55m, with another million in incentives.  Not getting tasered for 8 months is worth $150k.

Anyone care to quickly clarify the incentive-clause restrictions in MLB?  If I recall correctly from previous conversations here, innings pitched (for example) is allowed, but some others aren't.  What would you assume a typical pitcher's incentive clauses to be?
Title: Re: Q Signs
Post by: Bench on January 20, 2009, 12:53:29 pm
Anyone care to quickly clarify the incentive-clause restrictions in MLB?  If I recall correctly from previous conversations here, innings pitched (for example) is allowed, but some others aren't.  What would you assume a typical pitcher's incentive clauses to be?

Innings pitched for starters, appearances for relievers. 

Basically, you're not allowed to reward performance (x amount of K's/Wins/etc...), but there can be incentives for playing time.

Major League Rule 3(b)(5) says: "No Major League Uniform Player's Contract or Minor League Uniform Player Contract shall be approved if it contains a bonus for playing, pitching or batting skill or if it provides for the payment of a bonus contingent on the standing of the signing Club at the end of the championship season."
Title: Re: Q Signs
Post by: Taras Bulba on January 20, 2009, 12:54:34 pm
15 wins: $1.5mm
10 wins: $1.0mm
Eats some decent innings while not reaching 10 wins: $800m
Sort of sucks: $500m
Sucks:  $300m
Sucks like hell: $200m
Sucks the living shit out of life: $100m
Blows beyond fucking belief: base contract

Hope that helps.
Title: Re: Q Signs
Post by: VirtualBob on January 20, 2009, 02:53:12 pm
15 wins: $1.5mm
10 wins: $1.0mm
Eats some decent innings while not reaching 10 wins: $800m
Sort of sucks: $500m
Sucks:  $300m
Sucks like hell: $200m
Sucks the living shit out of life: $100m
Blows beyond fucking belief: base contract

Hope that helps.

Not really.  Oh wait ... did you mean helps you??  I guess it must have.
Title: Re: Q Signs
Post by: Bench on January 20, 2009, 03:15:43 pm
Not really.  Oh wait ... did you mean helps you??  I guess it must have.

I'll take 500 million bucks for sort of sucking. 
Title: Re: Q Signs
Post by: MusicMan on January 20, 2009, 03:26:10 pm
I'll take 500 million bucks for sort of sucking. 
So we have established what you are, now we're just negotiating price?
Title: Re: Q Signs
Post by: HudsonHawk on January 20, 2009, 03:28:27 pm
I'll take 500 million bucks for sort of sucking. 

$500M = $500,000.  Not sure if this changes your willingness to sort of suck or not.
Title: Re: Q Signs
Post by: Gizzmonic on January 20, 2009, 03:31:34 pm
$500M = $500,000.  Not sure if this changes your willingness to sort of suck or not.

no, $500m is clearly five hundred dollar-meters.  He would have said $500k if he meant five hundred thousand dollars.
Title: Re: Q Signs
Post by: HudsonHawk on January 20, 2009, 03:38:31 pm
no, $500m is clearly five hundred dollar-meters.  He would have said $500k if he meant five hundred thousand dollars.


Nah...Taras is old school.  He's probably really filthy rich too.  Rich people never use "k"
Title: Re: Q Signs
Post by: Anit on January 20, 2009, 04:20:40 pm
and Byrdak (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/0-0&fp=49761eb0070dbe74&ei=-U12SevtFY3AgQODvJ3JCg&url=http%3A//www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp%3FS%3D9703590%26nav%3Dmenu117_1&cid=1295080706&usg=AFQjCNFIxoGh6ll-0AdOZxRyYQOcGcd43A) at 1-year, $1 mil
Title: Re: Q Signs
Post by: HudsonHawk on January 20, 2009, 04:22:37 pm
..and Byrdak at 1-year $1 mil

http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/0-0&fp=49761eb0070dbe74&ei=-U12SevtFY3AgQODvJ3JCg&url=http%3A//www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp%3FS%3D9703590%26nav%3Dmenu117_1&cid=1295080706&usg=AFQjCNFIxoGh6ll-0AdOZxRyYQOcGcd43A



I'm glad Byrdak's back.
Title: Re: Q Signs
Post by: Limey on January 21, 2009, 10:33:17 am
$500M = $500,000.  Not sure if this changes your willingness to sort of suck or not.

He's a lawyer, you could drop the "M" and two of the "0s"...
Title: Re: Q Signs
Post by: moriartp on January 21, 2009, 12:35:09 pm
Rich people never use "k"


Barry Zito?