Buehrle Signs with Marlins | 4 yrs $58 mil

[caulfield12]

If I was Mark Zuckerberg, I'll be all over that...I wouldn't buy the White Sox though, because there are a lot better investments out there. Although with the current state of the franchise, it would be a big challenge to turn things around, obviously.

[Soxbadger]

I wonder if players had their attorneys review the books and do due diligence on their ability to pay out these contracts. If I was Pujols attorney I would have definitely told him that $250mil from Moreno is much more likely to be paid than $287 from Loria. I think A-Rod lost money due to the Texas bk.

[iamshack]

HOLY f***ING BACKLOADED CONTRACT

 

Buerhle with #Marlins: $6M in 12, 11M in 13, 18M in 14 and 19M in 15. Deal also includes 4M signing bonus, deferred without interest. #MLB

 

He's going to be untradeable anyways. I love Mark, but holy hell.

This is what the agents of Mark and Jose did as a result of the team refusing to offer no trade clauses. The more backloaded those contracts are, the more difficult it will be to trade the player.

[Soxbadger]

Or conversely, the more amount of unsecured debt you can discharge.

[ewokpelts]

I wonder if players had their attorneys review the books and do due diligence on their ability to pay out these contracts. If I was Pujols attorney I would have definitely told him that $250mil from Moreno is much more likely to be paid than $287 from Loria. I think A-Rod lost money due to the Texas bk.

A-rod gets his money. The Rangers sold for close to 600 million. More than enough to satify the secured and unsecured(like a-rod) creditors.