Off the Books
by Jon Shields ~ September 23rd, 2008
Once the 2008 season is through Seattle will have nine multiyear contracts remaining.
2009-2010:
Miguel Batista, $9M
Adrian Beltre, $12M
J.J. Putz, $5M plus $1M buyout ($8.6M option for 2010)
Jarrod Washburn, $10.35M
2010-2011:
Jose Lopez, $3.9M plus $250k buyout ($4.5M club option for 2011)
2011-2012:
Yuniesky Betancourt, $9M plus $2M buyout ($6M club option for 2012)
Carlos SIlva, $34M plus $2M buyout ($12M mutual option for 2012)
Kenji Johjima, $24M
2012-2013:
Ichiro Suzuki, $68M
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1 September 23rd, 2008 at 9:31 pm
We could have a lot of money to use after next year huh!…But would the organization use the money to sign some players?
2 September 23rd, 2008 at 9:42 pm
dudes, I Just want to add maybe we should keep Johjima , Jon you did say that Johjima was starting to hit the ball to the opposite field a lot more lately….well he had 2 hits to right field in today’s game and also 1 hit up the middle maybe he’ starting to pay attention now!
3 September 23rd, 2008 at 10:42 pm
If we end up retaining Jojo I would like to see him move to the back up spot to allow some up and comers to go forward and be all they can be.
Looking at that payroll of Silva ,Washed-up and Batista ,man it just makes me cring to see all that good money just thrown down the crapper and besides there just taking up roster spots too.
I’m interested in hearing about any bright spots in this duldrum of a year,for instance , Corcaran has been pretty impressive along with RRS.I’m really looking forward to next year to see how he fairs as a starter in our rotation.
well my last words for tonight is win Nationals win…
4 September 24th, 2008 at 8:26 am
We don’t really have much of a choice.
Since he is practically untradeable this offseason I’m glad that he’s showing signs of life. Maybe next season won’t be such a disaster for him.
5 September 24th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Carlos SIlva, $34M plus $2M buyout ($12M mutual option for 2012)
that doesn’t mean we can buy out the rest of his contract for 2 million does it?
6 September 24th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
The $2M is for buying out the 2012 option. Either we pay him $12M in 2012 or we pay him $2M to go away after 2011. Same with Putz, Lopez and Betancourt.
Geoff Baker reported today that Kenji Johjima has an opt out clause in his contract. The likelyhood of him ever using it are slim to none, but if he does it will be a huge blessing for this team.
7 September 24th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
So many bad contracts…so many.