A-Rod = worst contract in baseball?

[Apathy]

Alex Rodriguez is 36 years old, making $24 million for the next six seasons. After a .402 OBP in '09 he's just been good, not great, with a ~.350 OBP and ~.480 SLG. More worrisome than his lack of production are his injuries: he hasn't topped 138 games played since 2007.

Toss in his poor post-season play and seemingly perpetual distractions and would you even take six years of A-Rod for $15 million? $10 million?

[Da Schwab]

They might be able to swing getting him to restructure to get Pujols to the Bronx, but that's a one in a billion chance. Plus, it would most likely end up in A-Rod having to move from third.

[Avenger]

Vernon Wells is number one, Arod is atleast a productive player, Wells is one of the worst regulars in Baseball. Second worst contract comes down to A-Rod vs Ryan Howard's contract that hasn't even kicked in yet. Howard is gonna be making 21 million a year for 6 years while not even being a league average first basemen, unlike A - Rod who'll be a solid above average player for a couple of more years

[Apathy]

You're right, Howard and Wells are pretty terrible. Carlos Lee's pretty bad too. Sure is great not having a cap, eh?

[Pharmcat]

the best to hope from arod is 275 30 and 100 each year

[Wavy Q]

Did Zito vanish?

[Apathy]

Six years is a long time, though. Zito's got what, 3 more seasons?

I'm not sure how A-Rod's D rates in advanced metrics but if it starts dropping...

So far we've got:

Wells
Howard
Zito
A-Rod
Bay
Lackey
Lee
Soriano

Jayson Werth if you're really feeling bold.

[Dr Positivity]

Well going by last year, Crawford's is the worst. 6 years 120 mil At least Howard and Werth look above average, assuming Werth goes back to his .850 OPS type rate

[craig01]

It's a bad contract if A-Rod continues to decline.....which is more likely than less likely given his age.

The Yankees can afford it though.....

[cmavswin]

Jake Peavy has to be in this discussion as does Jason Bay. Adam Dunn (who might be) and I have a feeling Yankee fans would not mind a do over on A.J. Burnett. Zambrano is due 18 mil in 2012 and 19 mil in 2013 playing for a team that suspended him for acting like a 5 year old. Whoever said Zito is right though $46 million the next 3 seasons minimum with a 7 million dollar buyout in 2014 really sucks.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/698108-mlb-power-rankings-barry-zito-and-the-50-worst-contracts-in-baseball#/articles/698108-mlb-power-rankings-barry-zito-and-the-50-worst-contracts-in-baseball/page/42

[Mr Swagtastic]

You can't argue with A-Rod/Wells/Zito/Peavy/Burnett/Dunn/Zambrano right now all of them are really bad.

I still can't believe that Alex Anthopoulos turned Wells into some expiring deals or near to them. Wells just had to go the guy lost his passion and was overpaid by a bad GM in JP Richardi.

[PippenAintEasy]

Rodriguez is probably the worst considering the protection he has.

However, Alfonso Soriano's MIGHT be worse because he can't play defense.

[cb4_89]

Arod is. There are worse bang for your buck guys out there but ARod is assured that contract for 6 years. Imagine the numbers he will put up at 40. If he is not the worst contract right now, he will be very soon.

[albert05]

I would vote for Carl Crawford

[number15]

oh, the advantages of being on the Yankees roster

If Albert Pujols was a Yankee like in A-Rod's position, im willing to bet he woulda exceeded the 30 million per he is looking for if he had demaned it, like A-Rod or Jeter did..... and if A-Rod was not a Yankee, he wouldn't have even come near that "long term" deal he got.

[moocow007]

oh, the advantages of being on the Yankees roster

If Albert Pujols was a Yankee like in A-Rod's position, im willing to bet he woulda exceeded the 30 million per he is looking for if he had demaned it, like A-Rod or Jeter did..... and if A-Rod was not a Yankee, he wouldn't have even come near that "long term" deal he got.

You mean like when the Rangers gave ARod that 10 year $252 million contract (and who had to agree to pay a portion of ARods contract for the Yankees to trade Soriano...who has...AFTER the trade ended up signing one of the worst contracts in baseball by the Cubs)?

So if Pujols signs a 10 year $250-260 million contract with the Cards it'll be ok? But if that was with the Yanks I'd imagine it would be a terrible contract right?

[ChronicKerr]

Jake Peavy has to be in this discussion as does Jason Bay. Adam Dunn (who might be) and I have a feeling Yankee fans would not mind a do over on A.J. Burnett. Zambrano is due 18 mil in 2012 and 19 mil in 2013 playing for a team that suspended him for acting like a 5 year old. Whoever said Zito is right though $46 million the next 3 seasons minimum with a 7 million dollar buyout in 2014 really sucks.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/698108-mlb-power-rankings-barry-zito-and-the-50-worst-contracts-in-baseball#/articles/698108-mlb-power-rankings-barry-zito-and-the-50-worst-contracts-in-baseball/page/42

I'm pretty sure Zambrano's contract will be over after this upcoming season. The Cubs won't pick up that option in 2013. There might be a small buyout $ amount but he's not due 19 mil in 2013.

[Mr Swagtastic]

Anybody else thinking if Prince Fielder gets in the $175 million range he could be one of the worst contracts in a few years?

Still can't believe Vernon Wells is getting $24.5 million this year thank god for Alex Anthopoulos moving that deal off the books.