Scott Eyre gets a 2 YR 11 MILL deal

by jayho on Nov 17, 2005 7:26 PM PST

WTF? Can this be real?

Man, TGFB (thank god for beane). Could you imagine our uproar if we did something this dumb?

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2227664

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Boy thats scary

an avg of $5.5 million for a guy with a ML career ERA of 4.53.

Jay Witasick has a nearly identical ML career ERA of 4.54, and is a year younger. We only paid an avg of $1.35 million for Witasick. Sounds like Beane knew what he was doing once again. Thats a steal at todays prices, but then Witasick is just a right hander.

by Hang Man on Nov 17, 2005 8:22 PM PST reply actions

Good lord

This is ridiculous. The Matsui deal you can justify. Matsui is a damn good player, the Yankees can afford to overspend a bit, and they recoup some of the cost in advertising. But this? That's closer money right there. For comparison sakes, Eddie Guradado made $4 mil this year and Keith Foulke made $7.5 mil. There's no way you can pay that kind of money for a guy who, prior to this year, had one good full year in the big leagues. He has a career ERA of 4.52, with only three seasons in which he pitched more than 50 innings with an ERA under 4.50.

You have to imagine that if a mediocre career reliever coming off a good season can get this kind of money, Burnett, Ryan, and Wagner are going to get some ridiculous money.

by dchu on Nov 17, 2005 8:22 PM PST reply actions

Is the player option included?

The article said there was a player option for a third year (2008), meaning that the Cubs are on the hook for 3 years unless Eyre walks away after two. Maybe the $11mm includes the third year. If it is really $11mm for two years, that might be the richest contract in baseball history for a setup man and is certainly the dumbest. Even at $11mm for three years, it's way overpriced.

Ricardo Rincon and Mike Myers must be happy guys right now.

"Young, cheap and talented is the best way to go through life, son." --Dean Beane

by dylantravis on Nov 17, 2005 8:44 PM PST reply actions

11mil for 3 years

and...
Though details of the contract still were being ironed out late Thursday, Eyre can make an extra $300,000 in incentives per year, earning $100,000 after reaching 70 games and another $200,000 if he makes 80 appearances.

He also will receive a signing bonus and additional money if he becomes a closer.

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by Jjjsixsix on Nov 17, 2005 10:39 PM PST reply actions

Wow

Okay that changes it a bit... but it's still pretty lucrative for a set-up man, especially one who's 33-year-old and has been mediocre basically his entire career.

by dchu on Nov 17, 2005 11:15 PM PST up reply actions

Well there goes Dotel

Many, including me, who have been wanting to re-sign Dotel for a reasonably low, incentive-based contract just lost our hopes. Unless Dotel really wants to play for free (unlikely), Eyre pushes him out of our price range. I wasn't expecting this big a boom for relief pitchers this year though. There are a ton of pretty good relievers on the market this yr (Wagner, Ryan, Howry, Dotel, Wickman, Jones, Gordon, Worrell just to mention a few). And now the Cubs sign the Eric Milton (won't be very good, way overpriced) of relief pitchers this early.

"We live by the Golden Rule. Those who have the gold make the rules." - Buzzie Bavasi

by vignette17 on Nov 17, 2005 11:53 PM PST reply actions

wow

Im definetly suprised by this deal. Its like last year was overpaid SP, this year its gonna be relievers. Even though Ryan and Wagner are excellent relief pitchers, its really hard for small or mid market teams to justify spending this kind of dough on bullpen arms.

Bill Stoneman is about to be offered three seasons of a right-handed version of Vladimir Guerrero - Rev Halofan

by pickinmachine on Nov 18, 2005 12:04 AM PST up reply actions