Worst Baseball contract in recent history?

[Surfs up]

BJ Upton ? 60 million for 4 years.

[silverZ]

Vernon Wells is making 21 million dollars this year.

[West]

Definitely going with Zito.

[lastingsgriller]

I don't think that is quite on this list, but the cash strapped Twins gave 8 years, $184 million to a first-baseman that can't hit more than 15 home runs.

[SecretAgentMan]

Please.

1. Arod...waste of food all round. Overpaid, non-playoff performer, ped fraud, clubhouse jerk.
2. Helton (paid big bucks post "back injury")
3. Chan Ho Park
4. Zito
5. Bay
6. Carl "Buttocks injury" Pavano
7. Kei Igawa


Not quite their yet, but others of note:
1. Pujols
2. Hamilton
3. Tex
4. Sabathia
5. Howard

[DbacksRback]

Bobby Bonilla getting a check for $1,193,248.20 every July 1 through 2035 from the Mets

[rib217]

Bobby Bonilla getting a check for $1,193,248.20 every July 1 through 2035 from the Mets

Wow! thats a good one

[bigh0rt]

Bobby Bonilla getting a check for $1,193,248.20 every July 1 through 2035 from the Mets

Wow! thats a good one

It's a funny one to laugh at, but if this is true:

Only about an 8 percent return would have been needed to pay Bonilla his $1.2 million a year from 2011 to 2035. The Mets did the math and figured they'd be able to turn a $60-70 million profit on the arrangement.

I'm okay with it, and would pay him til 2135 to have not signed the Bay deal.

[NikkiSixx]

I don't think that is quite on this list, but the cash strapped Twins gave 8 years, $184 million to a first-baseman that can't hit more than 15 home runs.

Mauer is one of the greatest hitters of our time. Nobody seemed to care that Wade Boggs didn't hit homers.

[GiantsFan14]

Zito.