Is Giancarlo Stanton's Reported Mega-Contract Rational?
The Miami Marlins have signed Giancarlo Stanton to a 13-year, $325 million contract. If you don't know who Giancarlo Stanton is, he is a physical specimen and a freak of an athlete who finished second in the National League MVP voting this year. He had an average of .288 and hit 37 home runs this past season. I think Stanton is a tremendous player, but there is no way the Marlins made the right decision here.
I find it ridiculous when any team signs a player for more than seven years, and baseball seems to be the sport that does this the most often. There are so many unpredictable things that can happen over that time, I just don't think it's worth it to sign a player for that long. I especially think it is a horrible decision for the Marlins. They made this mistake a couple years back, when they put most of their money into four or five of their players and then they couldn't make a good enough team with the little amount of money they had left. The Marlins hadn't been very good before the news of this contract, and now I think this will make their team even worse. They don't have a lot of money to begin with as a franchise, and now they are putting most of it into just ONE player. There's no way they'll have enough money to put together a good enough team to compete. In the future when their prospects come up through the system and become really good players, they wont have enough money to keep them and they will end up going elsewhere.
I don't think it would be that much of a problem if they signed him for a lot of money if it was only like a four or five year contract. It's physically impossible for Stanton not to decline over those thirteen years. He could possibly reach his best season in his fifth year of the contract, and never hit more than 30 home runs a season again. It's just too risky for teams to sign players to such a long contract. I just really don't know what the Marlins were thinking here. I believe this decision will really hurt their franchise for years to come.
I agree with you that this deal shouldn't have been more than five to seven years. The deal really puts the Marlins in a bind because they have to budget around it and who knows if the deal will pay off.
ReplyDeleteThe amount of money an athlete makes nowadays is completely nuts. This guy is making almost $70,000 a day for the next 13 years. I do not comprehend how the Marlins can afford this. They never have any fans at their games.
ReplyDeleteI feel as of he was overpaid by very very much. LeBoron doesnt even make that much? I mean David Ortiz the best DH in the league doesnt even, I did not even know who this was until two days ago..
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