The 10 Worst Baseball Contracts Of The 2000s

Any time you complain about Alfonso Soriano's deal, check out this link -- it didn't even make this list. Some of these contracts are truly horrific, including the deal to Jason Schmidt, who many here hoped the Cubs would sign. (Good thing they passed.)

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Darren Dreifort...

A name I hadn’t thought about in so many years. I didn’t realize his contract was that bad for the Dodgers.

by chilango2 on Dec 6, 2009 4:24 PM CST reply actions

The author of the article

does apologize to Soriano, and a few others, for not including him on this list. So, conceivably, he is one of the top 15 worst contracts.

But hey, at least its not top 10!

"It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies." - Mike Royko

by DTJchris on Dec 6, 2009 4:26 PM CST reply actions

Al is getting more bizarre by the day

As if you take solace in the fact that some dope analyst doesn’t think the God-awful $136 million Soriano deal, $48 million Fukudome deal and $30 million Bradley deal are horrendous enough to make his top 10 list.

Good grief. Is there a silver lining everywhere Al? You have become a SERIOUS apologist for the Cub organization the last 24 months. Your unbiased objective side has been thrown out the window for reasons I do not understand.

The Blackhawks and the Stanley Cup in 2010.

by BLou on Dec 6, 2009 6:53 PM CST reply actions

Well...

Never discount the possibility he might have a more informed opinion than you do.

by MN exile on Dec 6, 2009 7:33 PM CST up reply actions

Impossible!

Unfathomable! Unthinkable! Incomprehensible!

Actually, here’s a serious question for BLou (which I am willing to bet he won’t answer):

Which of those contracts do you think is better than Soriano’s?

"It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies." - Mike Royko

by DTJchris on Dec 6, 2009 7:44 PM CST up reply actions

Oh, yeah

Inconceivable!

"It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies." - Mike Royko

by DTJchris on Dec 6, 2009 7:47 PM CST up reply actions

You answer your own questions now?

j/k

by chilango2 on Dec 6, 2009 7:48 PM CST up reply actions

On occasion.

"It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies." - Mike Royko

by DTJchris on Dec 6, 2009 7:51 PM CST up reply actions

Is it really a question of which is better?!?!

Are you preposterous enough to look for an actual silver lining to make yourself feel better about the disastrous $136 million, 8 year trainwreck of a deal handed out to Alfonso Soriano?!?!

Jason Schmidt’s contract was a disaster. But Schmidt’s contract also is now done and off the books while we have to look forward to 5 more years of Alfonso Soriano hacking his way to glory while being the most God-awful left fielder on the planet. And yes, there IS a big difference in $136 million versus $44 million (Schmidt’s deal).

The Blackhawks and the Stanley Cup in 2010.

by BLou on Dec 6, 2009 8:01 PM CST up reply actions

The article was in regards to production

and Schmidt gave the Dodgers absolutely nothing. Yes, Soriano had a bad year last year, but prior to that the gave the Cubs a player with an almost .900 OPS. Which I bet will be closer to what Soriano does in the up coming season than he gave us last year.

Soriano actually has contributed to the Cubs, including two post-season appearances, unlike Schmidt who pitched all of ten starts for them in three years.

"It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies." - Mike Royko

by DTJchris on Dec 6, 2009 8:19 PM CST up reply actions