edub69 said:I was bored so I looked up a few more:
Mike Mussina $19 million
Roger Cedeno $5.5 million
Nomar Garciaparra $8.25 million
Latroy Hawkins $4.5 million
Kerry Wood $9.5 million (and a lot more over the next two years)
Jose Contreras $8.5 million
Ray Durham $7.2 million
Tom Glavine $10.7 million
Mike Piazza $16 million
Al Leiter $7 million
Sammy Sosa $17 million
Bobby Higginson $8.85 million
Tim Salmon $10.15 million
Phil Nevin $9.625 million
Half of Seattle's roster
Jeff Weaver $9.3 million
Jason Kendall $10.6 million
Javier Vazquez $11 million
Ken Griffey Jr $12.5 million
Jeff Bagwell $18 million
Matt Lawton $7.75 million
Preston Wilson $12.5 million
All I can say is :monsters-
Most of those players are in the middle or towards the end of long term deals that were signed when they were coming off career years and now they are not worth 25% of what they are getting paid. That just shows that when the local media whips a team's fans into a frenzy about showering a player with money, they are idiots. General managers should never cave in to public outcry and sign a player to a hefty long term contract that will handcuff a team down the road.
GREAT POST!!!!!!!