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msudogs
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Today, the New York Mets will pay Bobby Bonilla another installment of $1,193,248.20.
Every July 1, from 2011 to 2035, the Mets make the payment as part of deferring the $5.9 million the Mets owed him from the 2000 season, a year in which he didn't play for the team, because they released him in January. As noted last year, Bonilla's agent worked out a deal that deferred payment (with an 8 percent annual interest rate).
With seven payments now in, Bonilla has now collected $8,352,737.40. There are 18 more payments due to Bonilla through 2035. When all the payments are made, Bonilla will have turned that $5.9 million into $29.8 million.
But that's not all.
Bonilla also has deferred money that is being paid by the Mets and the Baltimore Orioles, who took Bonilla for the final year and a half (1995 and 1996) of his first Mets contract, a five-year deal signed in December 1991 for $29 million.
The two teams split a $12.5 million payment which comes in 25 installments. That deal started in 2004, so Bonilla has received 14 payments worth a total of $7 million, and he will receive another $5.5 million through 2028.
So to recap, Bonilla has already received $15.3 million in deferred money. Over the next 18 years, he has another $27 million to go.
All this looks even better from his home in Sarasota, Florida, where there's no state income tax.
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07-01-17 02:36 PM |
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msudogs
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JULY PITCHERS:
Duffy, Danny - 11-4 (8-1 H)
Duffy been on the shelf since late-May with an oblique strain and will likely need multiple rehab outings to build up his pitch count before returning to action. It appears that Duffy won't be back before the All-Star break, unless everything really goes exceedingly well. Before being injured, the Kansas City lefty was like his team, rather ordinary at 4-4, with a 3.54 ERA in 11 starts, with opposing batters hitting .272 against his tosses. If the Royals are to remain in the AL Central chase, they will need a healthy Duffy.
Hamels, Cole - 11-4 (4-1 H)
Hamels first start after being on the DL for two months was an ugly one, permitting seven runs on eight hits, plus four walks, in just 4 1/3 innings. He deserves a pass after that much time off. However, the greater concern for the left-hander is strikeouts. Hamels for his career has averaged 0.95 punch-outs per inning and this season has only 16 in 37 innings of work. Batters last season started laying off the cutters and curves, that were actually balls, and sitting on his fastball which has dropped from the mid-90's to the low 90's. Critical month for the 33-year old Hamels.
Iwakuma, Hisashi - 11-5 (6-2 A)
The Seattle right-hander made six starts to begin the season, before going down with a bum shoulder. After doing rehab work in Triple-A Tacoma, on June 23rd he was shut down for further medical evaluation and there is no time table for his return.
*Liriano, Francisco - 11-4 (7-1 H)
Toronto has won seven of Liriano's last eight starts (thru June 25th), however, that is mostly because of the Blue Jays offense and not how effective the lefty has been. Liriano starts the month with an ERA well over 5 and because his command has been so poor, his WHIP is over 1.60. At 33, he no longer has the good fastball or wicked curve and we will have to wait and see if he can produce past results this month.
Lynn, Lance - 7-3 (6-1 H)
Lance Lynn had an ERA of only 2.53 after eight strong innings in a 2-1 setback to the Dodgers on May 23rd. Since, Lynn has been regularly taken deep and averaged better than two walks a start, with most outings lasting only five innings. His recent lack of success is strictly placement, as opposing hitters are batting only .209 against him, but the walks and home runs surrendered (19) have been his downfall and why his ERA is up to 3.90.
Martinez, Carlos - 9-4 (5-2 H)
The St. Louis ace might only start July with a 6-6 record, nevertheless, he's pitched much better than that in dropping his ERA a full run to 2.88 in his past nine outings. He's only given up 75 hits in 106 1/3 innings and Martinez is really mowing down the other team's batters with 121 strikeouts. If the Cardinals are to get back in their division race, they need to hit and field better for their top hurler, because it sure looks like he will hold up his end of the bargain.
Tanaka, Masahiro - 9-3 (6-0 H)
It has been incredible to watch Tanaka turn into a batting practice pitcher the last two months. Teams are hitting .279 against his tosses, which is nearly 40 points higher than his career norm of .240. Though the strikeout and walk ratios are similar to the past, the righty is permitting a home run for every 12 outs he gathers. The Yankees claim Tanaka is healthy and just not hitting his spots. If true, he is REALLY grooving pitches over the plate. In this era of juiced baseballs the Japanese import needs to do better.
BAD MONTH PITCHERS:
Archer, Chris - 4-10 (1-5 H)
For all the ability Archer possesses, the results do not back it up. No longer a prospect at 28, when you review Archer's stats and watch him throw, it is hard to fathom this guy has a 47-56 record, even if he's been on a few poor Tampa Bay clubs. The right-hander is one of those pitchers who is sailing along and runs into one bad inning and ends up losing games. In the immortal words of Hall of Famer Yogi Berra, hurlers like Archer "pitch good enough to lose."
Miller, Shelby - 2-9 (0-6 H)
Out for the season after undergoing Tommy John surgery.
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The scheduled starters for Friday's game will now start the day game on Saturday. Indians right-hander Josh Tomlin (4-9, 6.09 ERA) will oppose Tigers right-hander Anibal Sanchez (0-0, 6.75 ERA), who will be making his third start since a four-game stint with Triple-A Toledo.
Cleveland right-hander Carlos Carrasco (8-3, 3.67 ERA) will start the second game against Detroit right-hander Jordan Zimmermann (5-5, 5.53 ERA).
Tomlin, one of the league's premier control pitchers, walked a season-high three batters in his last outing, a 4-0 loss to Minnesota on Sunday. His streak of 45 straight starts walking two or fewer batters ended.
He's 6-6 with a 5.32 ERA in 14 career outings against Detroit.
"That was probably his toughest outing of the year as far as throwing the ball where he wanted to," Cleveland pitching coach Mickey Callaway said of Tomlin's start against Minnesota. "Obviously, when you have a 40-something game stretch where you walk two (or less), eventually you're going to walk (another) one, especially when it's the longest streak in the history of the team. It just so happened he probably wasn't on top of his game that night."
Sanchez is 4-7 with a 4.74 ERA in 15 career outings against the Indians.
Zimmermann has faced the Indians twice in his career, going 0-1 with a 13.50 ERA. Carrasco is 7-7 with a 4.65 ERA in 16 career starts against the Tigers.
Carrasco is coming off one of his roughest starts of the season. He pitched a season-low 3 1/3 innings against Texas and matched his career high with eight earned runs allowed.
Carrasco never recovered after Shin-Soo Choo's leadoff double.
"I just didn't see him go ahead and throw with the conviction that he had thrown with most of the year," Callaway said. "I don't know if it was the double on the first pitch of the game that kind of got him out of whack. But he just didn't attack with the same stuff we had been seeing and that's a huge key for Carlos. I think he'd admit that.
"We talked a little bit about it. I know he wants to go out there tomorrow and prove that's not the pitcher he is."
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