Who's get the worst contract?

[CabreraMVP]

Adam Dunn: 4yrs/56 million. Hitting .161. Has 3 times as many strikeouts (150) as hits. Really hitting lefthanders well.

Aj Burnett: 5yrs/82 million. His numbers look much better than he pitches. He makes Verlander/Hernandez money and barely has a spot in the rotation. He had like 10 run lead in the past month and couldn't last long enough to get a win. Just very horrible pitcher.

Vernon Wells: 4yrs/86 million. Hitting a cool .205 with a .611 OPS.

Honorable Mention: Magglio Ordonez. 1yr/10 million. Hitting .224 with a .299 slugging percentage. Hit third on a 1st place team for 3 months, haha. The Tigers light hitting, utility infielder Ramon Santiago has any many extra base hits (10) as Magglio, in 100 less PA's. But it's just a 1 year deal.

[Darkleaf]

Re: Who's get the worst contract?

Vernon Wells all day everyday that guy hit the lottery.

[ty5oke]

Re: Who's get the worst contract?

$9M for this guy...

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[bukktown]

Re: Who's get the worst contract?

Adam Dunn: 4yrs/56 million. Hitting .161. Has 3 times as many strikeouts (150) as hits. Really hitting lefthanders well.

Aj Burnett: 5yrs/82 million. His numbers look much better than he pitches. He makes Verlander/Hernandez money and barely has a spot in the rotation. He had like 10 run lead in the past month and couldn't last long enough to get a win. Just very horrible pitcher.

Vernon Wells: 4yrs/86 million. Hitting a cool .205 with a .611 OPS.

Honorable Mention: Magglio Ordonez. 1yr/10 million. Hitting .224 with a .299 slugging percentage. Hit third on a 1st place team for 3 months, haha. The Tigers light hitting, utility infielder Ramon Santiago has any many extra base hits (10) as Magglio, in 100 less PA's. But it's just a 1 year deal.

Really?

$21.5 million/yr avg?

[CabreraMVP]

Re: Who's get the worst contract?

He signed a 7yr/126 extension in 2006.

"Wells is guaranteed $21 million in 2012, when he will be 33
Wells is guaranteed $21 million in 2013, when he will be 34
Wells is guaranteed $21 million in 2014, when he will be 35"


Can't believe I forgot Chone Figgins. Might be the worst deal.

And I said Get instead of Got.

[ImTellinTim]

Re: Who's get the worst contract?

Matt Capps stole 7 million dollars this year.

Ryan Howard's contract is pretty ridiculous as well.

[snepp]

Re: Who's get the worst contract?

Ryan Howard's contract is pretty ridiculous as well.

And his extension doesn't even kick in until next season.

[Kruza]

Re: Who's get the worst contract?

The recently benched Alex Rios is up there among players having the worst contract in the MLB. He's currently in the third year of his 7-year, $70M deal with over $50M of it coming in the next four years.

Alfonso Soriano hasn't played up to the level of his pricey contract as well. He's currently in the fifth year of his 8-year, $136M deal with $72M of it coming in the next four years.

Kruza

[CabreraMVP]

Re: Who's get the worst contract?

Matt Capps stole 7 million dollars this year.

Ryan Howard's contract is pretty ridiculous as well.

At least he hits though. I'd rather overpay a guy that produces, opposed to Adam Dunn.

[brett the jet favre]

Re: Who's get the worst contract?

Figgins

[Kobalt]

Re: Who's get the worst contract?

Barry Zito

[BleacherBum2310]

Re: Who's get the worst contract?

Alfonso Soriano

[rsox]

Re: Who's get the worst contract?

Alex Rodriguez still has the worst contract in all of sports, which will continue to be magnified as he gets older and his production continues to decline.

Barry Zito
Vernon Wells
Chone Figgins
A.J. Burnett
J.D. Drew
Dontrelle Willis
Alex Rios
Alfonso Soriano
John Lackey
Carlos Zambrano
Derek Lowe
Jason Bay

And i'm sure countless others that have not lived up to the money signed for.
I'm going to skip Adam Dunn only because he did change leagues and some players do struggle adjusting to being a DH, if he struggles next season then he joins the list.

[rdnk]

Re: Who's get the worst contract?

Willis' was up last year. Unless you think his cheap one year deal with the Reds is a bad deal.

Wells' probably takes the cake as the worst contract.

[rsox]

Re: Who's get the worst contract?

Willis' was up last year. Unless you think his cheap one year deal with the Reds is a bad deal.

Wells' probably takes the cake as the worst contract.

Forgot about that, still his contract did suck for the Tigers though.
Actually he has done pretty well with the Reds this season.