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Neal Cotts Doubles Up
The Cubs gave Neal Cotts an $825,000 one-year contract, which sounds downright tiny given the money they've spent this offseason. Then again, it doubles his salary for 2006, in which he was 1-2 with a 5.17 ERA, 43 Ks, 24 walks and a WHIP of 1.63.
Oddly, Cotts will get a $150,000 bonus if he is named the World Series MVP.
Just $150,000? That bonus should work like a parlay at the sports book or a trifecta at the track. The odds are so infinitesimal that 1. the Cubs will make the World Series, 2. the Cubs will WIN the World Series, and then 3. a middle reliever will be the Series MVP that it seems they could say: "Neal, we're going to give you a $275 million bonus if you're the World Series MVP."
It would give him something to work for, the headlines could say "Cotts contract worth up to $275.8 million," and the Cubs would never, ever have to pay it out. And if they did win the Series and Cotts did win the MVP ... hell, the Cubs just won the Series! Who cares at that point?
Along those same lines: I will receive a hefty bonus if I cure cancer.
4 comments:
Did you know that Barry Bonds had a clause in his contract recently where he'd earn something like $75,000 if he was the starting pitcher at the All-Star game? There was a better chance of THAT happening than a middle reliever winning the MVP of the World Series.
I'm going to negotiate that into my next contract: $10,000 if I make the 40-man roster of a major league ball club, $25,000 in the Opening Day lineup, and so on.
I was the starting third baseman on the office softball team until it was disbanded due to construction on the Mall in DC, so it could happen. Really.
What are you going to get for being the MVP of the World Series though? More than Cotts, I'd hope.
Wouldn't it be funny if he actually ended winning the damn thing?
For WS MVP? $1.5 million and a pony.
If he does win it, we will rename this site NealCottsville23 and he will replace Ryno as the site's favorite Cub ever.
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