Carlos Beltran and Life After a $100 Million Contract

by adarowski on Jan 2, 2012 3:50 PM EST in Visuals Above Replacement

When the Cardinals inked Carlos Beltran to a two-year deal worth $26 million, I wondered how that deal compared to other contracts that followed a $100 million deal. Here you go:

The above graphic shows contracts that have been completed (and what type of contract each player received immediately after the $100 million deal expired).

There are three groups here. The first group contains Alex Rodriguez and Albert Pujols. They signed $100 million deals (in A-Rod's case, a $250 million deal) at very young ages and were still productive at the end of the contracts (or, again in A-Rod's special case, when he opted out of the final three years).

Next, you have the group that includes Beltran, Derek Jeter, and Manny Ramirez. Each signed a shorter, but lucrative deal.

Finally, you have the players who signed deals, but at prices that no longer recognized them as impact players. Todd Helton, Jason Giambi, Ken Griffey, and Mike Hampton are in this group. Kevin Brown never signed another deal.

Any guesses at what kind of deals Joe Mauer, Mark Teixeira, CC Sabathia, Adrian Gonzalez, Troy Tulowitzki, Miguel Cabrera, Carl Crawford, Johan Santana, Alfonso Soriano, Vernon Wells, Barry Zito, Jayson Werth, Ryan Howard, Cliff Lee, Matt Holliday, and Carlos Lee will get after their current ones expire? Each is currently playing with a $100 million contract. One has to think we will have more than a few Griffey-type deals there (and perhaps some Kevin Browns).

Will we see another player follow up his $100 million deal with another one?

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Tulowitzki and maybe (probably not) Miguel Cabrera would be my guesses.

Tulo is still young although he has a bit of trouble staying on the field. Cabrera is a player deserving of a $100MM contract (if there is such a creature), and anything can happen (see Crawford, Carl).

I'd put it this way; if an offense is a sugar cookie, on base percentage is the pastry part of the cookie, power is the icing, and baserunning is like the jimmies that they sprinkle onto the icing. - Bill James

by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 2, 2012 5:10 PM EST reply actions