Batter up!
It’s been a quiet baseball off-season this past Winter. A few players went here, some went there. Then it went quiet. Nothing much happened. Then Manny Machado signed for a lowly $300million to go to the San Diego Padres. The once damp squib of a Hot Stove was now absolutely napalmic. Not wishing to be undone, and desperate to smash the $325million contract record set by Miami Marlins (and now New York Yankees) slugger Giancarlo Stanton, the current darling of Major League Baseball, Bryce Harper, signed a new contract with the Philadelphia Phillies for a paltry $330million (cash in the pocket guaranteed). Pocket change. A dull off-season. Nothing much happened, right?
Even as we sit here, hammering away at the keys for this review, it’s just been announced that one of the greatest players ever to step to the plate, LA Angels beef mountain Mike Trout, is on the verge of signing a new contract with the Angels for a pauper's salary of $430 million. That’s approaching half a BILLION pounds, if you're in the UK. For one player. That’s around $60,000 per at-bat, $25,000 per inning, $3,000,000 per month, $4,000 per hour or if you want to really quibble, $70 per minute. Soccer has absolutely nothing on baseball when it comes to contracts and salaries.
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