If you really want to see something thats disgusting, take a look at Manny Ramirez’s contract.
Overall
Signing bonus: $16 million, paid from 2001-05
2001: $13 million, of which $3 million deferred
2002: $15.5 million, of which $4 million deferred
2003: $18 million, of which $4 million deferred
2004: $20.5 million, of which $4 million deferred
2005: $20 million, of which $4 million deferred
2006: $19 million, of which $4 million deferred
2007: $18 million, of which $4 million deferred
2008: $20 million, of which $4 million deferred
2009: $20 million (team option)
2010: $20 million (team option)
Signing bonus
$16 million to be paid over five years: $6 million in 2001, $3 million each in 2002, 2003 and 2004, and $1 million in 2005.
Award bonuses
All-Star selection: $75,000
Silver Slugger: $75,000
League championship series MVP: $150,000
World Series MVP: $150,000
Most Valuable Player: $200,000
MVP second place: $125,000
MVP third place: $100,000
MVP fourth place: $75,000
MVP fifth place: $50,000
Relocation bonus:
$1 million if traded.
No-trade protection:
None, but he gets a complete or limited no-trade clause matching any the Red Sox give to any other player.
Charity:
Ramirez will donate $1 million from his contract to Boston-area charities aiding Hispanic youth.
If anyone wants to give me a $1 million to relocate to another city, feel free to make the check out to me. I don’t accept plastic. Only the benjamins please. As Wanda, aka Metschick from Ladies… said to me “what? like his 20 mil salary isn’t enough???!!!”
Does he really need a relocation bonus? Isn’t the $20 million a year average salary enough to get by on? And besides, seeing how the bidding on “his grill” is at $99,999,999 million, I think he will have enough to get by.
