Worst $100+ Million Contracts in Baseball History

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• BA

  @BaseballsNotDead · 3 years ago (edited) · pinned

  I had a whole part of the video that I cut for time where I mentioned trying to include EVERY contract of $100+ million is extremely hard since there&apos;s no one source with all those contracts and extensions and that I probably missed a few. &nbsp;After the video was posted, I definitely did miss a few... &nbsp;<br><br>Matt Cain should be #3. &nbsp;Inflation adjusted contract was $115.7 million. &nbsp;Accumulated -1.7 WAR. &nbsp;Total of -$68 million per WAR.<br>David Wright should be at #8 with 7 years, $149.2 million, got 2.7 WAR, for a total of $55.3 million per WAR.<br><br>As far as others that have commonly come up in the comments...<br>Jason Heyward - #16 &nbsp;8 years, $185 million, 8.9 WAR, $20.8 million per WAR.<br>Jacoby Ellsbury - #23 7 years, $160 million, 9.9 WAR, $16.2 million per WAR<br>Johan Santana - #34 6 years, $179 million, 15.5 WAR, $11.6 million per WAR<br><br>Others not eligible for JUST being under $100 million...<br>Jason Bay, BJ Upton, Pablor Sandoval, Hanley Ramirez &nbsp;<br><br>Not eligible for including arbitration years...<br>Yoenis Cespedes

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• SI

  @sillybilly66 · 3 years ago

  “has he ever pitched in a game that meant something” <br><br>narrator voice:<br>“he would in fact go on, to pitch in a game that meant something.”

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• FA

  @Farticus731 · 3 years ago

  Jason Heyward&apos;s contract was a hefty price for a decent glove in right field and a motivational speaker...

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• GO

  @GoombaGuy1996 · 3 years ago

  Months after Mo Vaughn&apos;s tirade. The Angels won the 2002 World Series, with Troy Percival closing out many high leverage situations, including two series clinchers.

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• SC

  @Scotto6977 · 3 years ago

  Anthony Rendon contract with the Angels is gonna blow this list out of the water

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• ET

  @Ethan_Coble · 3 years ago

  Damn, He didn&apos;t even mention the Vernon Wells 126m contract with the Angels either... Us Angels fans are praying for the day that Arte finally sells the team 😭

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• CO

  @coolwill78 · 3 years ago

  I was totally waiting for clips of Troy Percival closing out 2002 World Series game 7 after the long Mo Vaughn quote about him never pitching in big games and getting any hardware.

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• JE

  @jesusquicksaves · 3 years ago

  God, that clip of Howard tearing his Achilles on the groundout still haunts me. I’m so happy we just added playoff memories

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• OT

  @Ottonic6 · 3 years ago

  You can totally see the difference in Ryan Howard&apos;s swing before and after the Achilles injury. Sad to hear stories like that. I remember watching him in his MVP/WS seasons and he was a beast.

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• PI

  @pikapal91 · 3 years ago

  Shocked that Yoenis Cespedes extension after 2016 didn’t make the list. I’m actually shocked that no Mets albatross contracts made the list. Being a Mets fan I see that as a win.

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• PA

  @pandoralover21 · 2 years ago

  Even though I despise them, it is impressive the Yankees aren&apos;t on this list at all considering how many huge contracts they have given out

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• SM

  @SmoothCriminal12 · 3 years ago (edited)

  The Mike Hampton deal is eerily similar to how another previous Rockies splurge played out. A few years prior, they tried the exact same thing with a big deal to Darryl Kile. Like Hampton, he would also have two terrible years in Colorado and then would mercifully be traded to St Louis.<br><br>He would revive his career after leaving Coors before his sudden death in 2002. So basically the story is, dont give out big contracts to sinker ball pitchers to play in Coors.<br><br>Also fun fact about Zimmermann. He was the reason the Nats didn&apos;t land Zack Greinke in 2011 because they were unwilling to move him in a deal.

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