Pick 'Em

by Jeff Sullivan on Jul 29, 2008 5:56 PM PDT in Miscellaneous

(A) Carlos Silva tried to pitch through pain and got his ass kicked. Pitching through pain is incredibly stupid. Therefore, Carlos Silva is incredibly stupid.

(B) Carlos Silva was healthy and sucked. Therefore, Carlos Silva sucks.

4 years/$48M (2008-11), plus 2012 mutual option

signed as a free agent 12/20/07
$5M signing bonus
08:$7M, 09:$11M, 10:$11.5M, 11:$11.5M, 12:$12M mutual option ($2M buyout)
no-trade protection for 2008
award bonuses: $0.2M for Cy Young, $0.1M for WS MVP, $50,000 each for LCS MVP, Gold Glove, All Star
suite on road

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Let me be the first to say....BHAHAHHAHWIOAIEJJEJELWIAAW!

Something like that

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Jul 29, 2008 6:03 PM PDT reply actions

C: Someone slipped acid into my beer.

I wake up a week from now, naked and in the middle of the desert, and get in to town just in time to see Cha Seung Baek best Erik Bedard in a 1-0 pitcher’s duel, with Adam Jones crushing the game deciding HR in the 9th.

Meanwhile, Carlos Silva gets shelled and the Angels lose 11-1 to the Jarrod Washburn led Yankees.

FanShots are underrated.

by Aaron Campeau on Jul 29, 2008 6:09 PM PDT reply actions

At least we don't have to worry about the bonuses

Go Nova

by dbroncos31 on Jul 29, 2008 6:40 PM PDT reply actions

When did Carlos Silva become such a fucking retard?

by Gomez on Jul 29, 2008 6:53 PM PDT reply actions

He gets a suite on the road?

Unbelievable. I didn’t know baseball players had riders in their contracts like rock stars do. Next you’re going to tell me they pick out the green M&M’s for him and cut the crusts off of his peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

by ryanhealy on Jul 29, 2008 7:09 PM PDT reply actions

Peanut butter and chorizo sandwiches

But yeah.

by Gomez on Jul 29, 2008 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Like Silva would want anything to do with a contract that robs him of chocolate.

by Jeff Sullivan on Jul 29, 2008 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions

No chocolate fountain clause?

Fuck you Vazquez

by seamariners85 on Jul 29, 2008 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions

Hell...

That’s maybe $200 a night (teams may get a deal, so maybe $150 or even $100). But assume it’s $200 for ever road game and that’s a grand total of $16,200 Even if you assume $800 a suite it’s almost exactly what we’re expecting to pay him…per inning. If he’s healthy. This is based upon innings pitched for the last our years and an average pay of $12m,

by Sidi on Jul 30, 2008 1:09 AM PDT up reply actions

Oh, and on the M&M thing...

Apparently it was designed to force venues to actually read the contract. With stage shows needing massively higher power draws, and using much more massive stage shows, they used that to test whether people actually checked the contract. It was a safety thing they could fall back on.

If they missed the candy, they probably missed the fact you needed 500 amps and a stage that can support a 5,000 pound Eddie.

by Sidi on Jul 30, 2008 1:13 AM PDT up reply actions