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MikeStairs just resigned with the Blue Jays for 2 years 1 mil a year plus a 1.25 signing bonus. Here is what Riccardi said in the paper about the deal.
"He definitely outperformed his contract," said Ricciardi, who added that Stairs could see close to the same amount of at-bats next season. "He had such a good year, we knew we weren't going to get Matt Stairs for $850,000 again, nor should we. We should reward the player when he does well, and he did well. It's nice to see and be able to reward the guy.
NO sorry that is the WRONG way to think about it. So he did great last year when you paid him 850k you guarantee him a 2 year deal and give him a raise so what if he takes a dump this year are you gonna take the deal back?? this is precisely why the contracts all need to be dumped and players get paid a base salary plus incentives for what they did THIS year!!!! I can almost guarantee we would see better baseball being played on a daily basis if these guys actually had to work to make an extra 100k.