The First 40-40 $5 million Man

by Todd Lemieux | Sep 25, 2022 | Life=Baseball

Jose Canseco was Major League Baseball’s first $5 million man. He signed his contract in 1990 and in the article about the signing in the LA Times you can almost hear the remorse of the Athletics organization that they had to do this. Sandy Anderson indicated that it...

I Just Wanted to Play

by Todd Lemieux | Sep 23, 2022 | Life=Baseball

There are a lot of bad contracts out there and it can be very easy to make the claim that “all agents are greedy” and players are just “in it for the money” but then you read a story like the biography of John Wockenfuss. Known as “Fuss” for short.“Fuss” always knew...

Show Me the Money

by Todd Lemieux | Sep 21, 2022 | Life=Baseball

At the end of the 2021 season there were two players who took a one year contract in order to avoid arbitration. The first player was 25 years old and had just finished an injury shortened season of 95 games. In those 95 games he had 10 HR, batted .165, had an OBP of...

Ohhhhhh Canada

by Todd Lemieux | Sep 20, 2022 | Life=Baseball

There used to be a team in Montreal. Games were peppered with French announcers and the promise of poutine awaited those who made the trek north to Olympic Stadium to watch the team with the goofy logo that was an “e” and a “b” but also an “m” at the same time. In...

Ted Williams Yesterday…Imagined Today

by Todd Lemieux | Sep 18, 2022 | Life=Baseball

How much would Ted Williams get paid today? Imagine if you will the following player.  23 years old and looking for a new contract. He’s been fairly dominant in the league in the last three seasons with over 100 HR, 250 RBI, an OPS for those three years over .950 and...