the good in the Duncan downfall

[al bondiga]

At least he played a big part in the ego boost of Herro, Bam and to some extent JB ...during one season

[Rapaz]

If Plumkin has any shame, he should follow Gil Meche and retire.

The guaranteed contract is a fundamental principle of Major League Baseball, as much a part of the game as balls, strikes and outs. No matter how a player performs, or how his body holds up, he must be paid in full. Only in rare cases — an injury sustained off the field, gross personal misconduct — does a player forfeit his paycheck.

But the case of Gil Meche is rare for an entirely different reason. Meche, a 32-year-old right-handed pitcher, had a contract that called for a $12 million salary in 2011. Yet he will not report to Surprise, Ariz., with the rest of the Kansas City Royals for spring training next month. He will not have surgery to repair his chronically aching right shoulder. He will not pitch in relief, which involves a lighter workload.

Meche retired last week, which means he will not be paid at all.

“When I signed my contract, my main goal was to earn it,” Meche said this week by phone from Lafayette, La. “Once I started to realize I wasn’t earning my money, I felt bad. I was making a crazy amount of money for not even pitching. Honestly, I didn’t feel like I deserved it. I didn’t want to have those feelings again.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/sports/baseball/27meche.html

Or have Pat Riley pay out of his own pocket for being dumb enough to get bamboozled into giving that ridiculous contract.

[shanedude]

What was Pat thinking lmao. Definitely a little bit of getting high on your own supply with the Heat Culture rah rah rah. You'd think the org would learn after the TJ,JJ,Whiteside and Dion contract debacles. And now we'll have to attach assets to get rid of Duncan
Hopefully we'll have learned something when it comes to resigning Gabe, Strus and Yurt.

[DBurks2818]

Hopefully we'll have learned something when it comes to resigning Gabe, Strus and Yurt.

The Caleb Martin contract shows that lessons were learned. Time (as always) will tell, but it projects to be a really good deal for both sides IMO.

[contract]

If Plumkin has any shame, he should follow Gil Meche and retire.

The guaranteed contract is a fundamental principle of Major League Baseball, as much a part of the game as balls, strikes and outs. No matter how a player performs, or how his body holds up, he must be paid in full. Only in rare cases — an injury sustained off the field, gross personal misconduct — does a player forfeit his paycheck.

But the case of Gil Meche is rare for an entirely different reason. Meche, a 32-year-old right-handed pitcher, had a contract that called for a $12 million salary in 2011. Yet he will not report to Surprise, Ariz., with the rest of the Kansas City Royals for spring training next month. He will not have surgery to repair his chronically aching right shoulder. He will not pitch in relief, which involves a lighter workload.

Meche retired last week, which means he will not be paid at all.

“When I signed my contract, my main goal was to earn it,” Meche said this week by phone from Lafayette, La. “Once I started to realize I wasn’t earning my money, I felt bad. I was making a crazy amount of money for not even pitching. Honestly, I didn’t feel like I deserved it. I didn’t want to have those feelings again.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/sports/baseball/27meche.html

Or have Pat Riley pay out of his own pocket for being dumb enough to get bamboozled into giving that ridiculous contract.

Gil Meche is a moron. Owners artificially restrict salaries early in a player's career. Meche had already earned that money.