[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by butchie_t

When the Nats made that foolish deal with Strasburg my gut told me it was a bad idea. Now they are stuck with with that until 2028. They should try to cut a deal and pay him off now and try an cut their losses.

As for guaranteed contracts and having to pay well after the player is retired or gone,,,,,, I encourage you to look up 'Bobby Bonilla Day: Why the NY Mets pay out $1.19M on July 1'. There are a bunch of players still getting paid and not playing.

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.