Clayton gets PAID

[Foster]

Kershaw, Dodgers agree on seven-year, $215M deal

He'll be swimming it in for a long time to come.

[Trendy Bastard]

Figured this was coming. Damn the Dodgers and their black hole pockets.

[Foster]

I feel ya on that. They've almost become the Yankees, dare I say it.

But in all seriousness, if you are gonna pay a guy, THIS is the guy you want to pay.

[HollywoodLeo]

All of these huge contacts look like THE guy you want to pay if you pay that much at the time of the signing.

[Foster]

I don't know about that. I mean, this is someone that is worth a lot more in all reality.

The Absurd Price that Clayton Kershaw is Actually Worth | FanGraphs Baseball

[HollywoodLeo]

Nobody is worth thirty million a year, I don't care what FanGraphs says.

I'm sure they thought Tim Lincecum was worth his contact at the time of his signing too.

[Kingdom]

Meanwhile, Chris Sale is making 6 million a year or so.

[HollywoodLeo]

The truth is, when it comes time for the 2nd contract and beyond sports stars often get paid for what they've already done and not what they're actiually going to do for the life of the contract.

I mean, I guess it evens out for them because most of the budding stars were underpaid relative to performance prior to that, but that still doesn't help the team that's paying them the bukoo bucks to not be quite as good now.

(Not saying that's going to happen with Kershaw, it's just what happens often)

[LJMets1989]

Well, I'd argue the one thing that Kershaw has over, really any other mega contract is his age. I know pitchers are a crapshoot and this contract is a huge risk. But compared to the Guys that we look back on thinking "well, they seemed like good bets when the contract was signed," at least the contract only pays Kershaw silly amounts for his prime years instead of the back end of his prime and his downfall (see: Pujols, A-Rod, Hamilton, et al)


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[Foster]

Nobody is worth thirty million a year, I don't care what FanGraphs says.

It got to a point when people were more than likely saying the same thing about the first million dollar contract.

[HollywoodLeo]

There was some amount of overpaid sports star sentiment in that post, I admit. But my main argument is that fangraphs is saying what he's worth based on what he has done before signing this contact under the assumption nothing changes. Kershaw wouldn't be the first big star to sign a huge contract then regress. See Tim Lincecum.

[Foster]

Yeah I see what you mean, and there are more than just Lincecum that you could name, and more in other sports too.

At some point though, there is bound to be someone that is able to break out of this terrible trend and keep his production at or above the level that he signed his contract at. At least this contract is structured to allow for these years to come at the front end, before degressing to a lower amount.

[Kingdom]

I thought Sabathia was living up to his until last season.. I don't think anyone can be perfect in the span of their monster contract, mostly cause of injuries, chronic or freak/fluke. Kershaw could easily suffer the same fate as Mark Prior or even more recently, Matt Harvey.

Crazy even if you have unlimited pockets. Wonder what Trout will command one day.

[Foster]

Madagascar. The entire island.

[Robert DeNiro]

Figured this was coming. Damn the Dodgers and their black hole pockets.

You're mad Kershaw remained with the Dodgers. Obviously, this means you thought the Cubs had a deal in the works with Kershaw.