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Q Signs
« on: January 20, 2009, 06:23:46 am »
Quintero avoids arb; signs for $610K per Yahoo Sports
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Re: Q Signs
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2009, 12:27:34 pm »
Backe, too, per the Chron: 1 yr, $1.55m, with another million in incentives.  Not getting tasered for 8 months is worth $150k.
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Re: Q Signs
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2009, 12:47:46 pm »
Quote from: GreatBagwellsBeard on January 20, 2009, 12:27:34 pm
Backe, too, per the Chron: 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?
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Re: Q Signs
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2009, 12:53:29 pm »
Quote from: Lurch on January 20, 2009, 12:47:46 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."
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Re: Q Signs
« Reply #4 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.
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Re: Q Signs
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2009, 02:53:12 pm »
Quote from: 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.

Not really.  Oh wait ... did you mean helps you??  I guess it must have.
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Re: Q Signs
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2009, 03:15:43 pm »
Quote from: VirtualBob on January 20, 2009, 02:53:12 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. 
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Re: Q Signs
« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2009, 03:26:10 pm »
Quote from: Bench on January 20, 2009, 03:15:43 pm
I'll take 500 million bucks for sort of sucking. 
So we have established what you are, now we're just negotiating price?
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Re: Q Signs
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2009, 03:28:27 pm »
Quote from: Bench on January 20, 2009, 03:15:43 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.
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Re: Q Signs
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2009, 03:31:34 pm »
Quote from: HudsonHawk on January 20, 2009, 03:28:27 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.
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Re: Q Signs
« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2009, 03:38:31 pm »
Quote from: Gizzmonic on January 20, 2009, 03:31:34 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"
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« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2009, 04:20:40 pm »
and Byrdak at 1-year, $1 mil
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Re: Q Signs
« Reply #13 on: January 21, 2009, 10:33:17 am »
Quote from: HudsonHawk on January 20, 2009, 03:28:27 pm
$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"...
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Re: Q Signs
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