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Originally Posted by mrreality68
The Bobby Bonilla thing is funny but that is deferred money (so teams free up money in the present to spend on other players) and they pay later but some are extreme long deferment and with interest it really adds up. His I think was a 6.6 million dollar deferment and they started paying 10 years later with interest accruing from day 1.
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I remember that Captain Outrageous signed Al Hrabosky to a seemingly never-ending contract...
Strasburg's 'end' along with deGrom and now Ohtani reminds us how difficult it is to remain healthy throwing a baseball overhanded.
Let's all just be glad we got to see them for their short zeniths.
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