pc4th
15 Nov 2006, 01:56 AM
WE MIGHT HAVE A RECORD FOR BASEBALL (if there is a signing)
Matsuzaka: $22.5 mil a year in TOTAL COST
Transfer fee: $51.1 mil
Salary: estimating around $10 mil a year.
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2006/11/14/sox_511m_bid_wins_right_to_matsuzaka/?page=1
The Sox, in a record-setting reach into the Japanese market, agreed to pay Matsuzaka's team, the Seibu Lions, $51.1 million for the right to negotiate a contract with the righthanded ace. Under the deal, the Sox have 30 days to sign Matsuzaka, whose agent, Scott Boras, is expected to seek a four-year pact worth at least $40 million.
That averages out to more than $22.5 million a year, the most the Sox ever have spent on a pitcher. (Pedro Martínez earned $17.5 million in his final year, 2004.)
Matsuzaka: $22.5 mil a year in TOTAL COST
Transfer fee: $51.1 mil
Salary: estimating around $10 mil a year.
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2006/11/14/sox_511m_bid_wins_right_to_matsuzaka/?page=1
The Sox, in a record-setting reach into the Japanese market, agreed to pay Matsuzaka's team, the Seibu Lions, $51.1 million for the right to negotiate a contract with the righthanded ace. Under the deal, the Sox have 30 days to sign Matsuzaka, whose agent, Scott Boras, is expected to seek a four-year pact worth at least $40 million.
That averages out to more than $22.5 million a year, the most the Sox ever have spent on a pitcher. (Pedro Martínez earned $17.5 million in his final year, 2004.)