Giancarlo Stanton

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Marlins payroll last year was $46 Mill. They're now going to be paying him 30 mill.......... wow knowing the marlins, they probably will drop their payroll some how.

Teams get $50MM from the national contracts each. The fact that they had a $46MM payroll is criminal. Good for the Marlins, Good for Stanton and good for Baseball.

 

[boogiewithstu2007]

Greed and more greed.... No human being alive even needs a fraction of that money ... This is the reason ticket prices are gonna be to much for any average person who wants to enjoy baseball with there family... Baseball needs a salary cap and it needs to stop paying Arod type contracts ... No player is worth that kinda money ...

 

[calsnowskier]

Greed and more greed.... No human being alive even needs a fraction of that money ... This is the reason ticket prices are gonna be to much for any average person who wants to enjoy baseball with there family... Baseball needs a salary cap and it needs to stop paying Arod type contracts ... No player is worth that kinda money ...

So your stance is that us salaries get capped, ticket prices will go down?

You think owners will leave all that money on the table just because salaries have "gone down"??

 

[boogiewithstu2007]

So your stance is that us salaries get capped, ticket prices will go down?

You think owners will leave all that money on the table just because salaries have "gone down"??

HELL YES ... Are you honestly implying that these ridiculous salaries don't raise ticket prices ? There sure as hell do ....

 

[msgkings322]

I hadn't heard about the 11th and 12th years. Either way, it is beyond belief.

Kind of, but only today. By the last few years of the deal the per annum won't be that crazy anymore. The numbers just keep going up. That said, he'll be 34-36 years old, and maybe have been traded to the AL to DH, but super long contracts are like that.

Remember Zito's deal? $16 mil per, most ever by a pitcher? Now that gets you a #2-3 guy.

 

[broncosmitty]

Over/Under Stanton getting traded...

Dec 1, 2016

I feel safe laying money on July 31st, 2018.

He'd ONLY be owed around 250mil by then and in his physical prime.

 

[msgkings322]

As to the thread title, I think it's the Marlins' owners who checked into the asylum...

If Stanton did that's gonna be one posh loony bin

 

[Wazmankg]

Good for him. I don't see the problem. He's worth whatever someone is willing to pay him. Per game attendance is more than twice what it was back in the good old pre-free-agency days of the 60s when $100k p/y was huge money for a player. If average people can't afford to go to games they're apparently not having much trouble filling the seats with above average people. Like they always tell me on the PF, it's a want not a need. If you can't afford to attend someone else can and will.

 

[calsnowskier]

HELL YES ... Are you honestly implying that these ridiculous salaries don't raise ticket prices ? There sure as hell do ....

That makes no sense. The demand is there. Why in the world would the owners decide to drop ticket prices when it is proven that the demand is there at current (and higher) prices?

Out of the goodness of their hearts?

 

[Inimical]

Could this be the next Arod contract?

 

[gowazzu02]

That makes no sense. The demand is there. Why in the world would the owners decide to drop ticket prices when it is proven that the demand is there at current (and higher) prices?

Out of the goodness of their hearts?

Is demand really there? Looks like tuesday night games are sub 10 k whereever you are

 

[broncosmitty]

Could this be the next Arod contract?

If his mind doesn't want to forget his face got caved in by a fastball the last time he played, it could be worse.

 

[calsnowskier]

Is demand really there? Looks like tuesday night games are sub 10 k whereever you are

So why don't they drop the prices now? Or go to dynamic pricing (the Giants use this, as do a few other teams).

The owners are going to maximize income. Period. End of sentence. If their payroll is 100M, they will maximize their income. If their payroll is 40M, they will maximize their income. If their payroll is 200M, they will maximize their income.

 

[steveringo]

You think Stanton would be crazy for inking the largest contract in MLB history (by a significant margin) two years before he even reaches free agency? That is crazy.

He is crazy for thinking Miami wants him to stay. We'll know a lot more when the contract details are announced.

 

[steveringo]

As to the thread title, I think it's the Marlins' owners who checked into the asylum...

I agree with this, too... This contract will be a lot harder to dump on another team (like the prior contracts)... They have to know they're not investing in many other players... We'll see how the rest of the winter plays out for Miami. If they are serious, they'll be very active...

 

[steveringo]

Over/Under Stanton getting traded...

Dec 1, 2016

I feel safe laying money on July 31st, 2018.

He'd ONLY be owed around 250mil by then and in his physical prime.

How the dollars are spread out will tell us a lot.... but I was thinking 3 or 4 years... (2017 or 2018)...

 

[StanMarsh51]

But with all that power, he's never hit 40 hr in a year.

So him finishing 1st in the NL in HR in 2014 and 2nd in 2012 (37 HR playing in only 123 games) isn't good enough because he didn't reach the arbitrary benchmark of 40 HR?

You do realize how silly that sounds, no?

 

[ducky]

He's only 24 years old and has had two 37 HR seasons. He's also not just a power hitter - his OBP was almost .400.

Yeah people see the middling batting average with him and don't realize he gets on base as much as anyone in the league with all the walks he takes.

If Miami actually could surround this guy with some talent and force pitchers to pitch to him more often, he would easily top 40 HR's in a season.

That said.....this coming contract absolutely reeks of a huge mistake. Its too big of a contract to ever move. Texas only got out from under the crazy ARod deal because MLB let them put together a financial package with delays and deferments that would never be allowed to happen any more (hell Selig pretty much said this is a one time thing when he approved that nutty deal). And Miami is almost sure to run into the same issues fielding a competitive team around Stanton as Texas had with ARod.

 

[bksballer89]

Giancarlo Stanton's record deal with Miami Marlins just isn't right - ESPN

 

[packerzrule]

His contract is 3 times the Brewers payroll for 2014!!!


The Marlins are ruining baseball